Global study tracks how COVID-19 variants outsmart vaccines
NCT ID NCT05534009
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study follows 1800 healthcare workers from eight countries for up to 24 months to see how their immune systems respond to COVID-19 vaccines and infections. Researchers will collect blood samples and health data to understand how different viral variants affect immunity. The goal is to improve future vaccine strategies, not to test a new treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help scientists understand how well vaccines and past infections protect against new COVID-19 variants.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly lead to a new therapy. Results may take time and might not apply to all populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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.
Who is studied
For each subject baseline will be the occurrence of the first known immunization event, either natural infection or vaccination. The follow-up is planned to last 24 months with respect to this baseline. Health CareWorkers can be enrolled in the category of: (i) vaccination not followed by any later infection, (ii) infection followed by vaccination and (iii) vaccination followed by infection. However, infections diagnosed during the first wave of the epidemic are suitable for the analysis of natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 because vaccination was administered several months later.
- Ages
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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: The study subjects will be selected based on the following inclusion criteria: 1. Adult (\>18 years) HCW with mandatory information on their SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status. 2. For those with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, diagnosis obtained by detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA 3. Having a signed informed consent when required by ethical approval Exclusion Criteria: NONE
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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
7 sites in 6 countries. 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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Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo e Carlo
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Bach Mai Hospital
RECRUITINGHanoi, Vietnam
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Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
RECRUITINGLisbon, Portugal
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Heinrich Heine university
RECRUITINGDüsseldorf, Germany
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Hospital Juan Ghaham Casasus
RECRUITINGVillahermosa, Mexico
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Ieo Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Viesoji Istaiga Vilniaus Uiversiteto Ligoninė Santaros klinikos
RECRUITINGVilnius, Lithuania
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