Eligibility Details:
Inclusion Criteria:
A subject must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible to participate in this
study:
1. Provides written informed consent prior to initiation of any study procedures.
2. Be able to understand and agrees to comply with planned study procedures and be
available for all study visits.
3. Agrees to the collection of venous blood per protocol.
4. Male or non-pregnant female, 18 to 55 years of age, inclusive, at time of enrollment.
5. Body Mass Index 18-35 kg/m^2, inclusive, at screening.
6. Women of childbearing potential* must agree to use or have practiced true abstinence**
or use at least one acceptable primary form of contraception.***, **** Note: These
criteria are applicable to females in a heterosexual relationship and child-bearing
potential (i.e., the criteria do not apply to subjects in a same sex relationship).
*Not of childbearing potential - post-menopausal females (defined as having a history
of amenorrhea for at least one year) or a documented status as being surgically
sterile (hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, tubal ligation/salpingectomy, or
Essure(R) placement).
**True abstinence is 100% of time no sexual intercourse (male's penis enters the
female's vagina). (Periodic abstinence [e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal,
post-ovulation methods] and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception).
***Acceptable forms of primary contraception include monogamous relationship with a
vasectomized partner who has been vasectomized for 180 days or more prior to the
subject's first vaccination, intrauterine devices, birth control pills, and
injectable/implantable/insertable hormonal birth control products.
****Must use at least one acceptable primary form of contraception for at least 30
days prior to the first vaccination and at least one acceptable primary form of
contraception for 60 days after the last vaccination.
7. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test
within 24 hours prior to each vaccination.
8. Male subjects of childbearing potential*: use of condoms to ensure effective
contraception with a female partner from first vaccination until 3 months after the
last vaccination.
*Biological males who are post-pubertal and considered fertile until permanently
sterile by bilateral orchiectomy or vasectomy.
9. Male subjects agree to refrain from sperm donation from the time of first vaccination
until 3 months after the last vaccination.
10. Oral temperature is less than 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius).
11. Pulse no greater than 100 beats per minute.
12. Systolic blood pressure (BP) is 85 to 150 mmHg, inclusive.
13. Clinical screening laboratory evaluations (white blood cell (WBC), hemoglobin (Hgb),
platelets (PLTs), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), creatinine
(Cr), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubin (T. Bili), Lipase, prothrombin time
(PT), and partial thromboplastin time (PTT)) are within acceptable normal reference
ranges at the clinical laboratory being used.
14. Must agree to have samples stored for secondary research.
15. Agrees to adhere to Lifestyle Considerations throughout study duration.
Exclusion Criteria:
A subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in
this study:
1. Positive pregnancy test either at screening or just prior to each vaccine
administration.
2. Female subject who is breastfeeding or plans to breastfeed from the time of the first
vaccination through 60 days after the last vaccination.
3. Has any medical disease or condition that, in the opinion of the site PI or
appropriate sub-investigator, precludes study participation.*
*Including acute, subacute, intermittent or chronic medical disease or condition that
would place the subject at an unacceptable risk of injury, render the subject unable
to meet the requirements of the protocol, or may interfere with the evaluation of
responses or the subject's successful completion of this trial.
4. Presence of self-reported or medically documented significant medical or psychiatric
condition(s).*
*Significant medical or psychiatric conditions include but are not limited to:
Respiratory disease (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], asthma)
requiring daily medications currently or any treatment of respiratory disease
exacerbations (e.g., asthma exacerbation) in the last 5 years. Asthma medications:
inhaled, oral, or intravenous (IV) corticosteroids, leukotriene modifiers, long and
short acting beta agonists, theophylline, ipratropium, biologics.
Significant cardiovascular disease (e.g., congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy,
ischemic heart disease) or history of myocarditis or pericarditis as an adult.
Neurological or neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., migraines, epilepsy, stroke,
seizures in the last 3 years, encephalopathy, focal neurologic deficits,
Guillain-Barré syndrome, encephalomyelitis or transverse myelitis).
Ongoing malignancy or recent diagnosis of malignancy in the last five years excluding
basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, which are allowed.
An autoimmune disease, including hypothyroidism without a defined non-autoimmune
cause, localized or history of psoriasis.
An immunodeficiency of any cause.
5. Has an acute illness*, as determined by the site PI or appropriate sub-investigator,
with or without fever [oral temperature >38.0 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees
Fahrenheit)] within 72 hours prior to each vaccination.
*An acute illness which is nearly resolved with only minor residual symptoms remaining
is allowable if, in the opinion of the site PI or appropriate sub-investigator, the
residual symptoms will not interfere with the ability to assess safety parameters as
required by the protocol.
6. Has a positive test result for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C virus
antibody, or HIV types 1 or 2 antibodies at screening.
7. Has participated in another investigational study involving any investigational
product* within 60 days, or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before the first
vaccine administration.
*study drug, biologic or device
8. Currently enrolled in or plans to participate in another clinical trial with an
investigational agent* that will be received during the study-reporting period.**
*Including licensed or unlicensed vaccine, drug, biologic, device, blood product, or
medication.
**13 months after the first vaccination.
9. Has previously participated in an investigational study involving lipid nanoparticles
(LNPs) (a component of the investigational vaccine assessed in this trial).
10. Has a history of hypersensitivity or severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis,
generalized urticaria, angioedema, other significant reaction) to any previous
licensed or unlicensed vaccines.
11. Chronic use (more than 14 continuous days) of any medications that may be associated
with impaired immune responsiveness.*
- Including, but not limited to, systemic corticosteroids exceeding 10 mg/day of
prednisone equivalent, allergy injections, immunoglobulin, interferon,
immunomodulators, cytotoxic drugs, or other similar or toxic drugs during the
preceding 6-month period prior to vaccine administration (Day 1). The use of low
dose topical, ophthalmic, inhaled and intranasal steroid preparations will be
permitted.
12. Received immunoglobulins and/or any blood or blood products within the 4 months before
the first vaccine administration or at any time during the study.
13. Has any blood dyscrasias or significant disorder of coagulation.
14. Has any chronic liver disease, including fatty liver.
15. Has a history of alcohol abuse or other recreational drug (excluding cannabis) use
within 6 months before the first vaccine administration.
16. Has a positive test result for drugs of abuse at screening or before the first vaccine
administration. If cannabis is the only detected drug, inclusion is permitted.
17. Has any abnormality or permanent body art (e.g., tattoo) that would interfere with the
ability to observe local reactions at the injection site (deltoid region).
18. Received or plans to receive a licensed, live vaccine within 4 weeks before or after
each vaccination.
19. Received or plans to receive a licensed, inactivated vaccine within 2 weeks before or
after each vaccination.
20. Receipt of any other 2019-nCoV or other experimental coronavirus vaccine at any time
prior to or during the study.
21. Known close contact of anyone known to have 2019-nCoV infection within 2 weeks prior
to vaccine administration.
22. Has traveled to China within 30 days before the first vaccination.
23. Current use of any prescription or over-the-counter medications within 7 days prior to
vaccination, unless approved by the investigator.
24. The subject must agree to refrain from donating blood or plasma during the study.
25. Plan to travel outside the US (continental US, Hawaii, and Alaska) from enrollment
through 28 days after the second vaccination.