Third Dose of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine in Transplant Recipients

Summary

This study will be a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a third dose of Moderna vaccine versus placebo. Participants will be those that have received two doses of mRNA-1273 COVID vaccine (Moderna) at 0 and 1 months. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive either a third dose of the mRNA-1273 vaccine or saline placebo at 3 months post initial vaccination.

Timeline

Start

2021-05-25

Primary completion

2021-07-30

Completion

2021-08-30

Publications

• Background Baden LR, El Sahly HM, Essink B, Kotloff K, Frey S, Novak R, Diemert D, Spector SA, Rouphael N, Creech CB, McGettigan J, Khetan S, Segall N, Solis J, Brosz A, Fierro C, Schwartz H, Neuzil K, Corey L, Gilbert P, Janes H, Follmann D, Marovich M, Mascola J, Polakowski L, Ledgerwood J, Graham BS, Bennett H, Pajon R, Knightly C, Leav B, Deng W, Zhou H, Han S, Ivarsson M, Miller J, Zaks T; COVE Study Group. Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2021 Feb 4;384(5):403-416. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035389. Epub 2020 Dec 30.
• Kumar D, Ferreira VH, Hall VG, Hu Q, Samson R, Ku T, Ierullo M, Majchrzak-Kita B, Tomlinson G, Gingras AC, Humar A. Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Transplant Recipients After Two and Three Doses of mRNA-1273 Vaccine : Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Feb;175(2):226-233. doi: 10.7326/M21-3480. Epub 2021 Nov 23.

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