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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06316297




Registration number
NCT06316297
Ethics application status
Date submitted
12/03/2024
Date registered
18/03/2024
Date last updated
12/09/2025

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study to Evaluate Safety, Efficacy and Immunogenicity of Acne mRNA Vaccine in Adults With Moderate to Severe Acne
Scientific title
A Phase I/II, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multi-arm, Dose-finding Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy and Immunogenicity of an Acne mRNA Vaccine Candidate in Adults With Moderate to Severe Acne 18 to 45 Years of Age
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
U1111-1295-3154
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
VBE00001
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Acne 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Skin 0 0 0 0
Dermatological conditions

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Other - Acne mRNA vaccine
Other interventions - Placebo

Experimental: Sentinel Cohort A - Experimental - Two administrations of the Acne mRNA vaccine will be injected in three increasing doses

Placebo comparator: Sentinel Cohort A - Placebo - Two administrations of placebo will be injected

Experimental: Sentinel Cohort B - Experimental - Three administrations of the Acne mRNA vaccine will be injected in two increasing doses

Placebo comparator: Sentinel Cohort B - Placebo - Three administrations of placebo will be injected

Experimental: Main Cohort - Experimental - Two administrations of the Acne mRNA vaccine will be injected in three increasing doses

Placebo comparator: Main Cohort - Placebo - Two administrations of placebo will be injected


Treatment: Other: Acne mRNA vaccine
Pharmaceutical form: Liquid suspension for injection Route of administration: intramuscular

Other interventions: Placebo
Pharmaceutical form: Liquid solution for injection Route of administration: intramuscular

Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Other
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with unsolicited systemic AEs
Timepoint [1] 0 0
30 minutes after each administration
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with solicited injection site and systemic reactions
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to 7 days after each administration
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with unsolicited AEs
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to 28 days after each administration
Primary outcome [4] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with MAAEs
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Up to 6 months after each administration
Primary outcome [5] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with SAEs
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Up to 6 months after each administration
Primary outcome [6] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with AESIs
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Up to 6 months after each administration
Primary outcome [7] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A and B: Number of participants with out-of-range biological test results (including shift from baseline values)
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Through 7 days after administration (Day 8)
Primary outcome [8] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Percentage change from baseline (Day 1) in the number of inflammatory acne lesions on face
Timepoint [8] 0 0
At 2 months post last administration
Primary outcome [9] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Percentage change from baseline (Day 1) in the number of non-inflammatory acne lesions on face
Timepoint [9] 0 0
At 2 months post last administration
Primary outcome [10] 0 0
Long-Term Extension - Sentinel Cohort A, B and Main Cohort: Number of participants with SAEs and AESIs
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Up to 38 months after first administration
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Core Study - Sentinel Cohort A, B and Main Cohort: Vaccine-antigen-specific serum antibody titers
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From baseline (Day 1) to 6 months post last administration
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Absolute change from baseline (Day 1) in the number of inflammatory acne lesions on face
Timepoint [2] 0 0
At1 month post first administration until 6 months post last administration
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Percentage change from baseline (Day 1) in the number of inflammatory acne lesions on face
Timepoint [3] 0 0
At 1 month post first administration until 6 months post last administration
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Absolute change from baseline (Day 1) in the number of non-inflammatory acne lesions on face
Timepoint [4] 0 0
At 1 month post first administration until 6 months post last administration
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Percentage change from baseline (Day 1) in the number of non-inflammatory acne lesions on face
Timepoint [5] 0 0
At 1 month post first administration until 6 months post last administration
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Absolute change from baseline in IGA score
Timepoint [6] 0 0
At 1 month post first administration until 6 months post last administration
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with unsolicited systemic AEs
Timepoint [7] 0 0
30 minutes after each administration
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with solicited injection site and systemic reactions
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Up to 7 days after each administration
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with unsolicited AEs
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Up to 28 days after each administration
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with MAAEs
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Up to 6 months after each administration
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with SAEs
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Up to 6 months after each administration
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with AESIs
Timepoint [12] 0 0
Up to 6 months after each administration
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Core Study - Main Cohort: Number of participants with out-of-range biological test results (including shift from baseline values)
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Through 7 days after administration (Day 8)

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Participants who are overtly healthy as determined by medical evaluation including medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests as judged by the investigator
* Clinical diagnosis of moderate or severe facial acne vulgaris with Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) score of Moderate or Severe (grade 3 or grade 4 on the 5-grade IGA scale) and = 25 non-inflammatory lesions (ie, open and closed comedones) and = 20 inflammatory lesions (ie, papules and pustules) and = 2 nodulocystic lesions (ie, nodules and cysts)
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
45 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Participants are excluded from the study if any of the following criteria apply:

* Known or suspected congenital or acquired immunodeficiency; or receipt of immunosuppressive therapy, such as anti-cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy, within 6 months prior to the first study intervention administration; or long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy (prednisone or equivalent for more than 2 consecutive weeks within the past 3 months)
* Known systemic hypersensitivity to any of the study intervention components (eg, polyethylene glycol [PEG], polysorbate); history of a life-threatening reaction to the study interventions used in the study or to a product containing any of the same substances; any allergic reaction (eg, anaphylaxis) after administration of mRNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine
* Active nodulocystic acne, acne conglobate, acne fulminans, secondary acne (eg, chloracne, drug-induced acne) or other forms of acne (eg, acne mechanica)
* Use of any acne-affecting treatment without an appropriate washout period
* Receipt of any vaccine (other than the study vaccine) in the 4 weeks preceding any study intervention administration or planned receipt of any vaccine (other than the study vaccine) in the 4 weeks following any study intervention administration
* Previous vaccination against C. acnes with an investigational vaccine
* Receipt of immune globulins, blood or blood-derived products in the past 3 months
* Self-reported or documented seropositivity for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s

The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Other
Other design features
Phase
Phase 1
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT,NSW,VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Investigational Site Number : 0360001 - Phillip
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Investigational Site Number : 0360003 - Darlinghurst
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Investigational Site Number : 0360006 - Waitara
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Investigational Site Number : 0360009 - Camberwell
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
Investigational Site Number : 0360007 - Carlton
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2606 - Phillip
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2010 - Darlinghurst
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
2077 - Waitara
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
3124 - Camberwell
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
3053 - Carlton
Recruitment outside Australia
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California
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Florida
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Louisiana
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Missouri
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Montana
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Nevada
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North Carolina
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
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South Carolina
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Tennessee
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Utah
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Virginia
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Washington

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Phone 0 0
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Contact person for public queries
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Trial Transparency email recommended (Toll free for US & Canada)
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Phone 0 0
800-633-1610
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Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
Yes
What data in particular will be shared?
Qualified researchers may request access to patient level data and related study documents including the clinical study report, study protocol with any amendments, blank case report form, statistical analysis plan, and dataset specifications. Patient level data will be anonymized and study documents will be redacted to protect the privacy of trial participants. Further details on Sanofi's data sharing criteria, eligible studies, and process for requesting access can be found at: https://vivli.org
When will data be available (start and end dates)?
Available to whom?
Available for what types of analyses?
How or where can data be obtained?


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided


Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.