Can you get the pneumonia shot while sick? new study finds out
NCT ID NCT06822907
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving the 20-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV-20) to adults while they have a fever is as effective and safe as waiting until they are well. About 1052 adults with certain health risks (like heart or lung disease) will take part. The goal is to see if vaccinating during an illness can help more people get protected against serious pneumonia infections.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 1,052 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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Oct 2028
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.
- 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 : * History of body temperature ≥ 38°C measured at least twice prior to randomization (Randomization must be performed as soon as possible on a febrile patient or 72 hours after apyrexia at the latest) * Having at least one comorbidity that defines patients as medium or high risk for pneumococcal invasive infection: * Medium risk: Cyanogenic congenital heart disease; chronic heart failure; chronic respiratory failure; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; emphysema; severe asthma under chronic treatment; chronic renal failure; chronic liver disease; diabetes mellitus treated; Osteo-meningeal leak or cochlear implant; Age \> 65 years old. * High risk : Hypo or asplenic people; hereditary immunodeficiency syndromes; people living with HIV; solid organ transplanted; People under immunosuppressors (corticosteroids, biotherapy) for an auto-immune or an inflammatory chronic disease; patients with nephrotic syndrome * Hospitalization for \> 24 hours long * Social security affiliation * Signed informed consent Exclusion criteria : * Patient unable to give informed consent * Curators, wardship * History of previous vaccination with PCV-7 or PCV-13 or PCV-20 * History of PPV-23 in the previous year * Patient having received another vaccination within one month prior to inclusion or planning another vaccination in the month after inclusion except for Influenza vaccine. * Patient with history of bone marrow transplantation * Patient with haematological malignancies * Patient under chemotherapy for solid tumor or with a history of chemotherapy in the past three months * Patient treated with Rituximab currently or in the past 6 months * Patient with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA ) score ≥ 2 at randomization (acute severe febrile illness) * Patient hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit * Pregnancy * Breastfeeding woman * Recipients of polyclonal gammaglobulins in the past three months * Inability to follow the protocol * Bleeding disorder contra-indicating intramuscular injection according to the investigator * History of allergy to PCV-20 or vaccine-related components. * S. pneumoniae infection with laboratory confirmation (blood culture, culture from a sterile site, urinary or Cerebrospinal fluid antigens, sputum culture with \> 10\^7 colony forming unit (CFU)/mL) being the cause of the current hospitalization
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
24 sites. 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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75679, France
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CHU de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, France, 42055, France
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Centre Hospitalier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAnnecy, 74000, France
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Centre Hospitalier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33000, France
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Centre Hospitalier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrest, 29609, France
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Centre Hospitalier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLa Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France
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Centre Hospitalier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLe Puy-en-Velay, 43000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Bichat
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75012, France
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Centre Hospitalier General
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLe Mans, 72000, France
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Centre Hospitalier General Metropole Savoie
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChambéry, 73011, France
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Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBesançon, 25000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrest, 29609, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDijon, 21000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGrenoble, 38043, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNancy, 54511, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNice, 06202, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNîmes, 30029, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, 35000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRouen, 76000, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Creteil
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCréteil, 94000, France
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Hospices Civils de Lyon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, 69004, France
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