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Prevention, Efficacy and Safety of BCG Vaccine in COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers

NCT04461379 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 908

Last updated 2020-11-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In Mexico the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is 232, 000 and 28,510 deaths. Health workers are at high risk of COVID-19 infection. Their absence from work dramatically limits the ability to contain the disease. There is currently no vaccine to prevent the disease. Since the introduction to the vaccination schedule of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) live attenuated vaccine directed towards tuberculosis prevention, a decrease in infant mortality has been reported, not related only to tuberculosis. BCG vaccine has been hypothesized to have a non-specific role towards other unrelated pathogens such as viruses that cause airway disease, with reduced morbidity and mortality. In murine as well as in human models it has been shown to decrease the incidence of acute respiratory influenza infections. Likewise, in countries with a high endemicity for tuberculosis, the BCG vaccine reduces the incidence of respiratory infections by up to 80% . In healthy subjects, the BCG vaccine increases the production of proinflammatory cytokines in monocytes. Likewise, it increases the epigenetic response, causing an increase in the transcription of genes important in the antimicrobial response, as well as an improvement in cellular function. This is the first national clinical trial to evaluate prospectively the effect that the BCG vaccine offers towards the prevention and reduction of severity in cases of COVID-19.

Conditions

  • BCG
  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV2
  • Corona Virus Infection

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

BCG vaccine

A single dose BCG vaccine intradermally (deltoid region of the right arm) 0.1 ml, equivalent to 0.075 mg of attenuated Mycobacterium bovis . (Tokio 172 strain)

OTHER

Placebo

A single dose intradermally ((deltoid region of the right arm) 0.1 ml of NaCl 0.9% solution

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-21
Primary Completion
2021-01-01
Completion
2021-01-01

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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Diseases

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