CoviVac vaccine shows promise for seniors in new trial
NCT ID NCT05765773
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested the CoviVac COVID-19 vaccine in 200 healthy adults aged 60 and older. Researchers checked how safe the vaccine was and how well it boosted the immune system. The goal was to see if the vaccine could help prevent COVID-19 in this age group.
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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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200 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Finished
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May 2023
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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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60 to 99 years
- 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: Volunteers must meet the following inclusion criteria: Type of participants • Healthy volunteers or volunteers with a history of stable diseases that do not meet any of the criteria for non-inclusion in the study. Other inclusion criteria * Written informed consent of volunteers to participate in a clinical trial * Volunteers who are able to fulfill the Protocol requirements (i.e., fill out a self-observation Diary, come to control visits). Exclusion Criteria: SARS-CoV-2 infection • A case of established COVID-19 disease confirmed by PCR and/or ELISA in the last 6 months. Diseases or medical conditions * Serious post-vaccination reaction (temperature above 40 C, hyperemia or edema more than 8 cm in diameter) or complication (collapse or shock-like condition that developed within 48 hours after vaccination; convulsions, accompanied or not accompanied by a feverish state) to any previous vaccination. * Burdened allergic history (anaphylactic shock, Quincke's edema, polymorphic exudative eczema, serum sickness in the anamnesis, hypersensitivity or allergic reactions to the introduction of any vaccines in the anamnesis, known allergic reactions to vaccine components, etc.). * Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute polyradiculitis) in the anamnesis. * The axillary temperature at the time of vaccination is more than 37.0 ° C. * Acute infectious diseases (recovery earlier than 4 weeks before vaccination) according to anamnesis. * Donation of blood or plasma (in the amount of 450 ml or more) less than 2 months before inclusion in the study. * Severe and/or uncontrolled diseases of the cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary, neuroendocrine systems, gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys, hematopoietic, immune systems. * Is registered at the dispensary for tuberculosis, leukemia, oncological diseases, autoimmune diseases. * Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficiency condition in the anamnesis. * Splenectomy in the anamnesis. * Neutropenia (decrease in the absolute number of neutrophils less than 1000/mm3), agranulocytosis, significant blood loss, severe anemia (hemoglobin less than 80 g/l) according to anamnesis. * Anorexia according to anamnesis. Prior or concomitant therapy * Vaccination with any vaccine carried out within 30 days before vaccination / the first dose of the studied vaccine or planned administration within 30 days after vaccination / the last dose of the studied vaccine. * Prior vaccination with an experimental or registered vaccine that may affect the interpretation of the study data (any coronavirus or SARS vaccines). * Long-term use (more than 14 days) of immunosuppressants or other immunomodulatory drugs (immunoregulatory peptides, cytokines, interferons, immune system effector proteins (immunoglobulins), interferon inducers (cycloferon) during the six months preceding the study, according to anamnesis. * Treatment with systemic glucocorticosteroids (≥ 20 mg of prednisone, or an analog, for more than 15 days during the last month). * Volunteers who received immunoglobulin preparations or blood transfusion during the last 3 months prior to the start of the study according to anamnesis. Other non-inclusion criteria • Participation in any other clinical trial within the last 3 months. Exclusion criteria: * Withdrawal of Informed consent by a volunteer; * The volunteer was included in violation of the inclusion/non-inclusion criteria of the Protocol; * Any condition of a volunteer that requires, in the reasoned opinion of a medical researcher, the withdrawal of a volunteer from the study; * Taking unauthorized medications (see section 6.2); * The volunteer refuses to cooperate or is undisciplined (for example, failure to attend a scheduled visit without warning the researcher and/or loss of communication with the volunteer), or dropped out of observation; * For administrative reasons (termination of the study by the Sponsor or regulatory authorities), as well as in case of gross violations of the Protocol that may affect the results of the study.
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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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FSBSI Chumakov FSC R&D IBP RAS
Moscow, Moscow, 108819, Russia
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Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Perm State Medical University named after Academician E.A. Wagner" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Perm, Perm Krai, 614990, Russia
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Federal State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Medical and Sanitary Unit No. 163 of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency"
Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, 630559, Russia
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Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "I.I. Mechnikov Scientific Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums"
Moscow, Moscow, 105064, Russia
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Limited Liability Company "Scientific Research Center Ecosecurity"
Moscow, Moscow, 196143, Russia
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Private healthcare institution "Clinical Hospital "Russian Railways-Medicine" named after N.A. Semashko"
Moscow, Moscow, 109386, Russia
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State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Moscow region "Elektrostal Central City Hospital"
Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, 144000, Russia
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