New nasal spray aims to stop colds and flu before they start
NCT ID NCT07222670
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests an investigational nasal spray called INNA-051 to see if it can safely prevent or reduce the severity of viral respiratory infections like colds and flu. It involves 1100 healthy adults aged 18 to 45 who are at higher risk due to their living or work conditions. Participants receive either the spray or a placebo once weekly for 4 or 12 weeks during respiratory virus season.
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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 1,100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 to 45 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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Inclusion Criteria: * In good general health and without clinically significant medical, psychiatric, chronic or intermittent health conditions. * At risk for exposure to viral respiratory infection, for example, living in crowded housing, university housing, or military barracks, working in a childcare center or caring for a child aged 10 or less, healthcare workers, factory workers, taxi and bus drivers, grocery clerks, and educators or counselors who work in crowded environments or with multiple exposures with different people daily. * Agree to use highly effective birth control. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of Type I or Type II diabetes, asthma or other chronic respiratory condition. * History of Human Immunodeficiency (HIV), any history of replicating Hepatitis B, and any history of untreated, active Hepatitis C. * Receipt of investigational product within 90 days or 5 half-lives of the product, whichever is longer. * Active clinical signs or symptoms of acute respiratory illness (runny nose, sore throat, fever, etc.). * Received a vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) within 90 days. * Pregnant or lactating women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Accellacare - Wilmington
RECRUITINGWilmington, North Carolina, 20841, United States
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Accellacare of Piedmont HealthCare
RECRUITINGStatesville, North Carolina, 28625, United States
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Accellacare of Raleigh
RECRUITINGRaleigh, North Carolina, 27609, United States
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Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD)
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC)
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20889, United States