New COVID-19 booster studied for vulnerable patients
NCT ID NCT06027229
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a Novavax COVID-19 booster vaccine in 21 people with weakened immune systems due to inflammatory bowel disease or organ transplants. The goal was to see if the booster improved antibody levels and immune protection against COVID-19. Participants had already received at least three prior COVID-19 vaccine doses.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) booster targeting Omicron XBB.1.5
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a recombinant booster vaccine improves COVID-19 protection in people with weakened immune systems.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 21 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The booster may not produce a strong immune response in all immunosuppressed patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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21 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: • Patient has a history of ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's disease, pouchitis, or indeterminate colitis diagnosed by standard clinical, radiographic, endoscopic, and histopathologic criteria. And / or patient is a solid organ transplant recipient (e.g. lung, kidney, liver) * Have received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. * Three messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, or * One or two viral vector vaccine and one or two mRNA vaccines. * Female participant of non-childbearing potential (pre-menarche, current tubal ligation, hysterectomy, oophorectomy or post-menopause) and childbearing potential (if they had: practiced adequate contraception for 1 month prior to vaccination and agreement to use such for an additional 8 weeks after administration of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine). Non-pregnant females with a negative pregnancy test who are willing to practice adequate contraception 8 weeks after administration of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. * On one of the following treatment regimens * IBD * Thiopurine Therapy Group: on azathioprine at least 2.0mg/kg or 6MP 1.0mg/kg * Anti-TNF Therapy Group: on maintenance therapy infliximab (at least 8 every 8 weeks), golimumab (at least monthly), adalimumab (at least every 2 weeks), or certolizumab (at least monthly) * Anti-TNF Combination Therapy Group: on anti-TNF therapy as described above along with either 15mg of methotrexate or azathioprine at least 1.0mg/kg or 6MP 0.5mg/kg. * Vedolizumab Therapy Group: either vedolizumab monotherapy at least every 8 week dosing or combination therapy Group: on vedolizumab therapy at with azathioprine or methotrexate * Ustekinumab Therapy Group: either ustekinumab monotherapy or combination therapy with methotrexate or azathioprine. * Tofacitinib Therapy Group: on tofacitinib at least 5mg orally, twice per day * Risankizumab Therapy: 360mg at least every 8 weeks * Upadactinib Therapy Group: on upadactinib at least 15mg orally * Ozanimod: 0.92mg once daily * Solid organ transplant recipient (on any dose of the following regimens: patients can be on more than one of the regimens below) * Mycophenolate * Tacrolimus or cyclosporine * Sirolimus or everolimus * Azathioprine * Corticosteroids * Belatacept Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy to recombinant COVID-19 vaccine or any component of it * Patient cannot or will not provide written informed consent. * Unable to provide appropriate informed consent because of illiteracy or impairment in decision-making capacity. * Active antibody-mediated or cellular rejection within the past six months * Recent IBD flare requiring initiation of systemic corticosteroids within the past month. * Previous history of myocarditis or pericarditis ever. * Patients who are pregnant * Patients who are lactating * Patients with an active COVID-19 infection * Patients with a COVID-19 infection within the past two months
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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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UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States
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