New COVID booster vaccine shows promise in large trial
NCT ID NCT05710783
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a new COVID-19 booster vaccine called AVX/COVID-12, made from a modified Newcastle disease virus (which affects birds). Over 4,000 healthy adults in Mexico who had already been vaccinated against COVID-19 received either the new vaccine or the AstraZeneca booster. The goal was to see if the new vaccine triggers a similar immune response and is safe. The trial is now complete, and results are being analyzed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AVX/COVID-12 vaccine (made from a modified Newcastle disease virus)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new booster option against COVID-19 that is safe and effective.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial, but results are not yet published. The vaccine uses a novel virus vector, so its long-term performance is still being studied.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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4,065 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Sep 2023
- 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. People ≥18 years old. 2. Any genre. 3. Have received their informed consent. 4. Negative PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 during the screening visit. 5. Negative pregnancy test in women with child-bearing potential. 6. Commitment to maintain adequate prevention measures to avoid contagion by SARS-CoV-2 throughout their participation in the study considering their strict following for the first 14 days after the baseline visit (use of face masks in closed places, social distancing measures in open spaces and frequent handwashing). 7. Have been vaccinated with any of the approved vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 (at least once). Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of hypersensibility or allergy to any of the vaccine compounds. 2. History of severe anaphylactic reactions of any cause. 3. Fever at the baseline visit. 4. Active participation in any other clinical trial or experimental intervention within last 3 months. 5. Have received any vaccine (experimental or approved) within 30 days before baseline visit, except for influenza vaccine. 6. The last anti-COVID vaccination was less than 4 months ago. 7. SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred in less than 1 month ago. 8. Pregnant or nursing women. 9. Child-bearing potential and sexually active women who do not use highly effective birth control methods (oral contraceptives, intrauterine device, subcutaneous implant, transdermal patch used at least within 3 months) at the time of enrolment. Fertile and sexually active men not willing to strictly use (in all relationships) barrier methods of birth control throughout study. Those participants (both sexes) not sexually active can participate in the study if they are committed to avoid sexual intercourse throughout study (6 months). 10. Chronic diseases that require use of immunosuppressive agents or immune response modulators (for instance: systemic corticosteroids, cyclosporine, rituximab, among others). 11. Cancer under active chemotherapy treatment. 12. Subjects with HIV infection history. 13. Subjects with chronic renal or liver disease who have shown an infectious condition that required hospitalization or treatment with intravenous drugs within the last year prior baseline visit.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CAIMED Investigación en Salud S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico City, 06760, Mexico
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Centro Multidisciplinario para el Desarrollo Especializado de la Investigación Clinica en Yucatán S.C.P.
Mérida, Yucatán, 97070, Mexico
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Centro de Investigación Clínica Acelerada, S.C.
Gustavo Adolfo Madero, Mexico City, 07369, Mexico
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Centro de Investigación Clínica Chapultepec S.A. de C.V.
Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04100, Mexico
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Centro de Investigación Clínica del Pacífico, S.A. de C.V.
Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, 39670, Mexico
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Centro de Investigación y Avances Médicos Especializados / RED OSMO Cancún
Cancún, Quintana Roo, 77506, Mexico
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Clinical Research Institute S.C.
Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, 54055, Mexico
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Jules Bordet Medical Service, S.C.P. / Khöler & Milstein Research
Mérida, Yucatán, 97070, Mexico
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Oaxaca Site Management Organization, S.C.
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, 68000, Mexico
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Profesionales Médicos Desarrollados, S.C. (Instituto Veracruzano de Investigación Clínica)
Veracruz, Veracruz, 91855, Mexico
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Promotora Médica Aguascalientes, S.A. de C.V.
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20230, Mexico
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Sociedad Administradora de Servicios de Salud, S.C.
Morelia, Michoacán, 58260, Mexico
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Unidad de Atención Médica e Investigación en Salud, S.C.P.
Mérida, Yucatán, 97070, Mexico
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Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 20 - IMSS
Gustavo Adolfo Madero, Mexico City, 07760, Mexico
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