New Self-Amplifying mRNA vaccine aims to better protect transplant patients against COVID-19
NCT ID NCT07390968
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new COVID-19 vaccine (LUNAR-COV19) in 56 adults who received a blood stem cell transplant within the past year. These patients often have weaker immune responses to standard vaccines. The new vaccine uses a self-amplifying mRNA that may produce a stronger and longer-lasting immune response. Researchers will compare it to the standard Pfizer vaccine to see which is safer and more effective.
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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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About 56 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Aged ≥ 18 years * Willing and able to provide written informed consent, or with a legal representative who can provide informed consent (where locally approved) * Have received an allogeneic HCT within the prior 365 days * Have no relapse or progression of underlying malignancy * Have platelets ≥ 30,000/mm\^3 * Not pregnant (confirmed with negative urine or serum pregnancy test, if applicable) * Willingness to take study vaccine and complete necessary study procedures * If of childbearing potential, must agree to use a highly effective method of birth control or abstain from heterosexual activity for the course of the study through at least 60 days after the last dose of the study vaccine Exclusion Criteria: * Current infection with SARS-CoV-2 or infection within the prior 28 day period * Positive for SARS-CoV-2 by nasal swab polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at screening * Currently receiving any approved, authorized, or investigational direct-acting antiviral drug against SARS-CoV-2 * Received any approved, authorized, or investigational monoclonal anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody therapy within the prior 180 days before screening * Received a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after HCT or within 28 days prior to HCT * Participation in any other concurrent clinical trial of an experimental treatment or prevention for SARS-CoV-2 * Receiving \> 1 mg/kg/day corticosteroids within the prior 7 days * Active infection that is not adequately controlled, as determined by the investigator * Have received therapies that cause profound T-cell or B-cell depletion within 30 days of enrollment, or anticipated to receive such therapies within 3 months of enrollment * Have received immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IGRT) within 30 days of enrollment, or anticipated to receive IGRT within 3 months of enrollment * Have a history of suspected or documented myocarditis or pericarditis * Any inability to take study vaccine or comply with study procedures that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for the study * Individuals with a known history of severe hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, or other significant adverse reactions to any vaccine or any vaccine excipient. Have any other condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicate participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns with clinical study procedures
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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