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Kidney Failure, ChronicCOViNEPH-1NCT04905862

Assessment of Immune Response After Vaccination Against COVID-19 in Patients Treated With Renal Replacement Therapy

An observational study of Kidney Failure, Chronic and Covid19, run by Medical University of Gdansk at 4 sites in Poland.

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Trial summary

Chronically dialyzed patients and kidney transplant recipients have been identified as particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection due to unavoidable exposure. They have also high rates of comorbid conditions and have varying degrees of immunosuppression, which puts them at risk of developing very severe forms of… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Kidney Failure, Chronic, Covid19, Vaccine Reaction
What is being tested?
Immune response and Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events
Type of treatment
Vaccines
How many people
180 participants
Where
4 sitesPoland
Study dates
15 Feb 2021to 31 Dec 2022
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients will be recruited in: 1. Department of Nephrology Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk. 2. NZOZ Diaverum Hemodialysis Unit in Gdynia. 3. The University Centre of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia 4. 7th Naval Hospital in Gdansk

Who may be able to join

  • patients on chronic dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) for at least 1 months and had received vaccination with mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (BionTech/Pfizer Comirnaty) with a 3-week interval between first and second doses.

Who cannot join

  • (-)

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 1 country.

Leszek Tylicki, MD PhD contact

0048583492830

leszek.tylicki@gumed.edu.pl

Poland4 sites, 4 recruiting
  • Medical University of Gdansk

    Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-211

    Leszek Tylicki, MD PhD, +48583492830, leszek.tylicki@gumed.edu.pl

    Bogdan P Biedunkiewicz, MD PhD

    Recruiting
  • 7th Naval Hospital in Gdansk

    Gdansk

    Ewelina Puchalska-Reglińska, MD, e.puchalska@7szmw.pl

    Recruiting
  • NZOZ Diaverum Gdynia

    Gdynia

    Waldemar Ślizień, MD PhD, waldemar.slizien@diaverum.com

    Recruiting
  • The University Centre of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia

    Gdynia

    Marcin Renke, MD PhD, mrenke@gumed.edu.pl

    Recruiting

Other trials in Poland

About this study

Official title: Multi Center Study to Assess the Humoral and Cellular Response After Vaccination Against COVID-19 in Patients Treated With Renal Replacement Therapy

Chronically dialyzed patients and kidney transplant recipients have been identified as particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection due to unavoidable exposure. They have also high rates of comorbid conditions and have varying degrees of immunosuppression, which puts them at risk of developing very severe forms of COVID-19 disease with fatality rates varying from 16% to 32%. In such circumstances vaccination is the only chance to improve their extremely poor prognosis. There is very little published data on the response to vaccination in dialyzed patients and kidney transplant recipients so far. No data are available on the efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19 in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD). Furthermore, given the fact that disturbances of acquired immunity in dialyzed patients are many and diverse it is uncertain whether vaccinating against SARS CoV-2 in these population will result in sufficient immune response and, by consequence, protection against infection. Registration studies on the basis of which population vaccinations are actually conducted were performed only in the general population. There were no dialyzed patients and kidney transplant recipients in the study groups, so these patients are vaccinated with doses and schedules for people without chronic kidney disease. It is not known whether vaccination under such standard schedule produces a sufficient immune response in them and how long it lasts. That's why the aim of this study is to evaluate the humoral and cellular immune response after mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 with which patients treated with renal replacement therapy are vaccinated in Poland. It will be a prospective, observational controlled study conducted in patients treated with renal replacement therapy (hemodialyzed subjects, patients treated with peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant recipients) vaccinated with mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 according to common rules and manufactures recommendations.The control group will be made up of sex and age matched people without chronic kidney disease.The first goal of the study is to analyze seroconversion rate and titer magnitude of neutralizing IgG and IgA antibodies directed against spike (s) SARS-CoV-2 antigen after the first and the second dose of mRNA vaccine as well as after 3, 6, 9, 12 months after vaccination. The second goal is to evaluate the cellular immune response tested using the ELISPOT method at the same time points as above.The immune response will be compared to patients without chronic kidney disease as well as between hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients.

Read the detailed description
  1. Venous blood samples will be collected at seven-time points: before dose 1 of vaccine, 21 days after dose 1, within 14-21 days after dose 2 and 3,6,9,12 months after vaccination. From the volume of about 8 ml of the patient's peripheral blood, a fraction of PBMC (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) will be isolated, which in the first stage of the study will be frozen in nitrogen. To generate serum, blood samples were centrifuged at room temperature at 2500 RPM for 10 minutes, aliquoted, frozen in -70˚C, and stored until use.
  2. The level of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) antigen will be detected in serum using the Abbot Architect™SARS-CoV-2 IgG test.
  3. The level of neutralizing IgG and IgA antibodies against the SARS-CoV (S1 and S2 subunits) (S) will be detected in serum using the DiaSorin LIAISON®SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG serology COVID-19 S-Protein (S1RBD) Human IgA ELISA Kit respectively.
  4. The cellular component of the immune response will be tested using the ELISPOT method, which involves testing the amount of INF-γ and IL-2 released from leukocyte cells.
  5. The grading scales for side effects (the same as in the pivotal trial) used in this study were derived from the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) guidelines on toxicity grading scales for healthy adult volunteers enrolled in preventive vaccine clinical trials.
  6. All medical data of patients from all groups will be extracted from their medical records.
Being tested
Immune response, Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events
Keywords
COVID-19, Vaccine, Dialysis, Immunity, Kidney transplant recipient
Medical subject headings
Kidney Failure, Chronic, COVID-19

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Immune responseDiagnostic test

    1. Venous blood samples will be collected at seven-time points: before dose 1 of vaccine, 21 days after dose 1, within 14-21 days after dose 2 and 3,6,9,12 months after vaccination. From the volume of about 8 ml of the patient's peripheral blood, a fraction of PBMC (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) will be isolated.
    2. The level of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) antigen will be detected in serum using the Abbot Architect™SARS-CoV-2 IgG test.
    3. The level of neutralizing IgG and IgA antibodies against the SARS-CoV (S1 and S2 subunits) (S) will be detected in serum using the DiaSorin LIAISON®SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG serology COVID-19 S-Protein (S1RBD) Human IgA ELISA Kit respectively.
    4. The cellular component of the immune response will be tested using the ELISPOT method, which involves testing the amount of INF-γ and IL-2 released from leukocyte cells.
  • Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse eventsOther

    The grading scales for side effects used in this study will derive from the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research guidelines on toxicity grading scales for volunteers enrolled in preventive vaccine clinical trials. Solicited reactions will be obtained 7 days after the first and the second dose, and 30 days after the final vaccination. Unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events will be observed recorded through 1 month after the second dose

Study groups in NCT04905862
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Hemodialyzed patientsHemodialyzed patients vaccinated with BNT162b2 - mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Immune response; Other: Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events
Patients treated with peritoneal dialysisPatients treated with peritoneal dialysis vaccinated with BNT162b2 - mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Immune response; Other: Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events
Patients without chronic kidney diseasePatients without chronic kidney disease vaccinated with mRNA BNT162b2 - vaccine against COVID-19
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Immune response; Other: Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events
Kidney transplant recipientsKidney transplant recipients vaccinated with mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Immune response; Other: Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Humoral immune response

    Neutralizing IgG antibodies against the SARS-CoV (S1 and S2 subunits) (S)

    Measured: 12 months (7 time points)

  2. Humoral immune response

    Neutralizing IgA antibodies against the SARS-CoV (S1 and S2 subunits) (S)

    Measured: 12 months (7 time points)

  3. The cellular immune response.

    Testing the amount of INF-γ and IL- 2 released from leukocyte cells in response to stimulation with S proteins

    Measured: 12 months (7 time points)

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Solicited and unsolicited local and systemic reactogenicity

    Solicited common and expected adverse reactions shortly following vaccination (reactogenicity), use of antipyretic or pain medications and unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events, i.e. those reported by the participants without prompts from the medical staff or observed by their physicians through 1 month after the second dose.

    Measured: Until 1 month after the second dose

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 May 2021
  2. Study start15 Feb 2021
  3. Primary completion31 Aug 2022 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2022 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
180 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04905862
Sponsor's protocol ID
COViNEPH-1
Acronym
COViNEPH-1
Status last verified
Aug 2021
First submitted
27 May 2021
Last updated
4 Feb 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Piotrowska M, Zielinski M, Tylicki L, Biedunkiewicz B, Kubanek A, Slizien Z, Polewska K, Tylicki P, Muchlado M, Sakowska J, Renke M, Sudol A, Dabrowska M, Lichodziejewska-Niemierko M, Smiatacz T, Debska-Slizien A, Trzonkowski P. Local and Systemic Immunity Are Impaired in End-Stage-Renal-Disease Patients Treated With Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Recipients Immunized With BNT162b2 Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 22;13:832924. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.832924. eCollection 2022.

    PubMed 35935974

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Kidney Failure, Chronic and Covid19, run by Medical University of Gdansk at 4 sites in Poland.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Feb 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in Poland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Leszek Tylicki, MD PhD (0048583492830, leszek.tylicki@gumed.edu.pl), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Humoral immune response (time frame: 12 months (7 time points)). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04905862, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Feb 2022.

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