New RSV mRNA vaccine enters first human safety tests
NCT ID NCT07418229
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial will test the safety of a new RSV mRNA vaccine in 60 healthy adults aged 18 and older. Participants will receive either a low dose, high dose, or a placebo (saline) shot. The study aims to see if the vaccine causes any side effects, paving the way for larger studies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RSV mRNA vaccine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a safe vaccine against RSV, a common respiratory virus that can be serious for older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial with only 60 participants, focused on safety, not effectiveness. The vaccine may not work or could cause unexpected side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participants can understand and voluntarily sign the informed consent form; 2. Able to provide legal identity documents; 3. Healthy individuals aged 18 years and above; 4. Participants of childbearing potential and their sexual partners voluntarily adopt effective contraceptive measures (such as correct use of condoms, or female participants using combined oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices) from the time the participant signs the informed consent form until 6 months after the administration of the investigational vaccine, and have no plans to donate sperm or ovums; Female participants of childbearing potential must also have adopted effective contraceptive measures within 2 weeks before enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: Participants who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from this trial: 1. Those with fever on the day of vaccination with the trial vaccine, with an axillary temperature \> 37.0℃ before vaccination; 2. Those with a history of previous RSV vaccination, or a history of RSV infection within 6 months before enrollment. 3. Known to be allergic to vaccines or vaccine components; 4. Before vaccination, the electrocardiogram examination and clinical laboratory test indicators specified in the protocol are abnormal and clinically significant; 5. Female participants who are breastfeeding or pregnant; 6. Having autoimmune diseases or immunodeficiency diseases (including but not limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, autoimmune thyroid diseases, asplenia, functional asplenia, splenectomy, HIV infection); 7. History of poorly controlled chronic diseases or severe diseases, including but not limited to cardiovascular diseases (such as hypertension uncontrolled by drugs, i.e., systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg for participants aged 18-59 years old, systolic blood pressure ≥ 150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg for participants aged 60 years old and above, as well as congenital heart disease, atrial fibrillation, myocarditis, pericarditis), hematological system diseases, liver and kidney diseases, respiratory system diseases, malignant tumors, history of transplantation of major functional organs, or any other diseases or physiological conditions that the researcher believes can interfere with the trial results; 8. Current encephalopathy (such as damage to cerebral nerve tissue caused by congenital hypoplasia of the brain, brain trauma, brain tumors, cerebral hemorrhage, brain infection, chemical drug poisoning, etc.); 9. Severe neurological diseases, such as a history of demyelinating diseases including but not limited to Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, etc., or a history of convulsions, epilepsy, or a family history of mental illness; 10. Having a doctor-diagnosed coagulation dysfunction (such as coagulation factor deficiency, coagulative diseases, abnormal platelets); 11. Having received systemic immunosuppressive agents or other immunomodulatory treatments (prednisone \[≥ 20 mg/day\] or its equivalent) for ≥ 14 days within the past 3 months, cytotoxic therapy, or planning to receive such treatments during the study period; 12. Having received immunoglobulin or other blood products within 3 months before receiving the trial vaccine, or planning to receive such treatments during the study period; 13. Currently participating in other clinical trials, or planning to receive such drugs or vaccines during the study period; 14. Having received live attenuated vaccines within the past 14 days or other vaccines with processes such as subunit or inactivated vaccines within 7 days; 15. Having various acute diseases or acute exacerbation of chronic diseases within the past 7 days, or known or suspected active infection; 16. Axillary temperature \> 37.0℃ within the past 3 days, or use of anti-allergic drugs, non-steroidal antipyretic analgesics, etc.; 17. Those with skin damage, inflammation, ulceration, rash, scarring, or other conditions at the target vaccination site that may interfere with vaccination or observation of local reactions; 18. According to the researcher's judgment, participants have any other factors that make them unsuitable for participating in the clinical trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Qinxian Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Changzhi, Shanxi, China
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