Table 2.
Vaccines under clinical evaluation for COVID-19 according to the WHO as of October 29, 2020. The information provided here are based on the analysis from official website of WHO [226].
| Platform | Candidate vaccine (Developer) | Current stage (participants) | Status (completion date) | Subject | Study location | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactivated | Inactivated + alum (Sinovac) | Phase 3 NCT04456595 (8,870) Phase 1/2 NCT04383574 (422) NCT04352608 (744) | Recruiting (October 2021) Recruiting (December 2020) | 18−59 years 18−59 years | Brazil China | 
| Inactivated (Wuhan Institute of Biological Products/Sinopharm) | Phase 3 ChiCTR2000034780 (15,000) Phase 1/2 ChiCTR2000031809 809 (1,120) | Recruiting (July 2021) Completed | ≥18 years 18−59 years | United Arab Emirates China | |
| Inactivated (Beijing Institute of Biological Products/Sinopharm) | Phase 3 ChiCTR2000034780 (15,000) Phase 1/2 ChiCTR2000032 459 (1,904) | Recruiting (July 2021) Recruiting (-) | ≥ 18 years ≥ 3 years | China China | |
| Inactivated (Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Rep of Kazakhstan | Phase 1/2 NCT04530357 (244) | Recruiting (April 2021) | 18−100 years | Kazakhstan | |
| Inactivated (Beijing M Inhai Biotechnology Co., Ltd.,) | Phase 1 ChiCTR2000038804 (180) | Not yet recruiting (-) | ≥ 18 years | China | |
| Inactivated (Institute of Medical Biology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences) | Phase 1/2 NCT04412538 (942) NCT04470609 (471) | Recruiting (September 2021) (November 2021) | 18−59 years ≥ 60 years | China China | |
| Whole-Virion inactivated (Bharat Biotech) | Phase 1/2 NCT04471519 (755) | Active, not recruit ing (June 2021) | 12−65 years | India | |
| Non-replicating viral | ChAdOx1-S (University of Oxford/ Astrazeneca) | Phase 3 ISRCTN8995424 (2000) Phase 2b/3 2020-001228-32 (-) Phase 1/2 PACTR20200692216 5132 (2000) NCT04324606 (1090) | Recruiting (July 2021) Recruiting (-) Recruiting (December 2021) Completed | 18−55 years ≥ 18 years 18−65 years with or wit hout HIV 18−55 years | Brazil UK South Africa UK | 
| Adenovirus Type 5 Vector (Cansino Biological Inc./Beijing Institute of Biotechnology) | Phase 3 NCT04526990 (40,000) | Recruiting (January 2022) | ≥ 18 years | Pakistan | |
| Phase 2 ChiCTR2000031781 (500) Phase 1 ChiCTR2000030906 (108) | Completed Completed | ≥ 18 years 18−60 years | China China | ||
| Replication defective Simian Adenovirus (GRAd) encoding S (ReiThera/LEUKOCA RE/Univercells) | Phase 1 NCT04528641 (90) | Recruiting (July 2021) | 18−85 years | Italy | |
| Ad5-nCoV(Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, PLA of China | Phase 1 NCT04552366 (144) | Recruiting (June 2021) | ≥ 18 years | China | |
| Adeno-based (Gamaleya Research institute) | Phase 3 NCT04530396 (40,000) | Recruiting (May 2021) | ≥ 18 years | Russia | |
| Phase 1/2 NCT04436471 NCT04437875 (38) | Active, not recruit ing (August 2020) | 18−60 years | Russia | ||
| Ad26COVS1(Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies) | Phase 3 NCT04505722 (60,000) | Recruiting (March 2023) | ≥ 18 years | USA, Peru Argentina Brazil, Chile Mexico, South Africa, Columbia | |
| Phase 1/2 NCT04436276 (1045) | Recruiting (November 2023) | ≥ 18 years | USA Belgium | ||
| Ad5 adjuvanted Oral Vaccine platform (Vaxart ) | Phase 1 NCT04563702 (48) | Recruiting (October 2021) | 18−54 years | USA | |
| MVA-SARS-2-S (Ludwing-Maximillians- -University of Munich) | Phase1 NCT04569383 (30) | Not yet recruiting (May 2021) | 18−55 years | Germany | |
| RNA | LNP-encapsulated mR NA (Moderna/ NIAID) | Phase 3 NCT04470427 (30,000) Phase 2 NCT04405076 (600) Phase 1 NCT04283461 (155) | Recruiting (October 2022) Active, not recruit ing (August 2021) Completed | ≥ 18 years ≥ 18 years 18−99 years | USA USA USA | 
| 3LNP-mRNAs (BioNTech/Fosun Pharma/Pfizer) | Phase 2/3 NCT04368728 (43,998) Phase 1/2 2020-001038-36 (444) Phase 1 ChiCTR2000034825 (144) | Recruiting (November 2022) Recruiting (-) Recruiting (December 2020) | 18−85 Years ≥ 18 years ≥ 18 years | USA Argentina Brazil Germany China | |
| LNP-nCoVsaRNA (Imperial College London ) | Phase 1 ISRCTN17072692 (320) | Recruiting (July 2021) | 18−75 years | UK | |
| mRNA (Curevac) | Phase 2 NCT04515 147 (691) | Not yet recruiting (November 2021) | ≥ 18 years | Germany Belgium | |
| Phase 1 NCT04449276 (168) | Recruiting (August 2021) | 18−60 years | Germany Belgium | ||
| mRNA (People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military Sciences/Walvax Biotech) | Phase 1 ChiCTR2000034112 (168) | Not yet recruiting (December 2021) | 18−80 years | China | |
| mRNA(Arcturus/Duke -Nus) | Phase 1/2 NCT04480957 (92) | Recruiting (January 2021) | 21−80 years | Singapore | |
| DNA | DNA plasmid vaccine with electroporation (Inovio Pharmaceuticals/International Vaccine Institute) | Phase 1/2 NCT04447781(160) Phase 1 NCT04336410 (120) | Recruiting (February 2022) Recruting (July 2021) | 19−64 Years ≥ 18 years | Republic of Korea USA | 
| DNA plasmid + Adjuvant (Osaka University/AnGes/TakaraBio) | Phase 1/2 NCT04463472 (30) | Recruiting (July 2021) | 20−55 years | Japan | |
| DNA plasmid vaccine (Cadila Healthcare Limited) | Phase 1/2 CTRI/2020/07/0 263552 (1048) | Recruiting (July 2021) | 18−55 years | India | |
| DNAVaccine (GX-19) (Genexine Consortium ) | Phase 1 NCT04445389 (210) | Recruiting (June 2022) | 18−50 years | Republic of Korea | |
| Protein Subunit | Full length recombinant SARS-CoV-2 glycoprotein nanoparticle vaccine adjuvanted with Matrix M (Novavax) | Phase 3 (2020-004123-16) (-) Phase 2b NCT04533399 (2,900) Phase 1/2 NCT04368988 (131) | Recruiting (-) Recruiting (November 2021) Recruiting (July 2021) | ≥ 18 years 18−64 Years 18−59 years | UK South Africa USA | 
| Native-like Trimeric subunit spike protein vaccine (Clover Bioph Pharmaceuticals Inc. /GSK/Dynavax) | Phase 1 NCT0440590 (150) | Recruiting (March 2021) | 18−75 years | Australia | |
| RBD (Baculovirus production expressed in Sf9 cells) (West China Hospital, Sichuan University | Phase 1 ChiCTR2000037518 (168) | Recruiting (August 2021) | ≥ 18 years | China | |
| Adjuvanted recombinat protein (RBD Di mer) (Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical /Institute of Microbiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences) | Phase 2 NCT04466085 (900) Phase 1 NCT04445194 (50) | Recruiting (December 2021) Recruiting (September 2021) | 18−59 Years 18−59 years | China China | |
| S protein (Baculovirus Production) Sanofi Pasteur/GSK | Phase 1/2 NCT04537208 (440) | Recruiting (October 2021) | ≥ 18 years | USA | |
| Recombinant spike protein with AdvaxTM Adjuvant (Vaxine Pty Ltd./Medytox) | Phase 1 NCT04453852 (40) | Recruiting (July 2021) | 18−65 years | Australia | |
| SARS-CoV-2 HLA- DR peptides (University Hospital Tuebingen) | Phase 1 NCT04546841 (36) | Not yet recruiting (December 2021) | ≥ 18 years | Germany | |
| Molecular clamp stabilized spike protein (University of Queensland /GSK/Dynavax) | Phase 1 ACTRN1262000067 4932P (120) | Recruiting (-) | 18−55 years | Australia | |
| RBD-based (Kentucky Bioprocessing, Inc) | Phase 1/2 NCT04473690 (180) | Not yet recruiting (November 2021) | 18−70 years | USA | |
| S1-RBD-protein (COVAXX) | Phase 1 NCT04545749 (60) | Recruiting (August 2021) | 20−55 years | Taiwan | |
| S-2 P protein + CpG101 8(Medigen Vaccine Biologics corporation/NIAID /Dynavax | Phase 1 NCT04487210 (45) | Not yet recruiting (December 2021) | 20−50 years | Taiwan | |
| RBD + Adjuvant (Instituto Finaly de Vacunas, Cuba | Phase 1/2 IFV/COR/04 (676) | Recruiting (Febuary 2021) | 19−80 years | Cuba | |
| Peptide (FBRI SRC VB B VECTOR, Rospotrebnadzor , Koltsovo) | Phase 1/2 NCT04527575 (100) | Active, not recruit Ing (October 2020) | 18−60 Years | Russia | |
| VLP | Plant-derived VLP (Medicago Inc. ./Universite’ Lava) | Phase 1 NCT04450004 (180) | Recruiting (April 2021) | 18−55 years | Canada | 
| RBD-HBsAg VLPs (SpyBiotech/serum Institute of India | Phase 1/2 ACTRN126200000 817943 (280) | Recruiting (-) | 18−79 years | Australia | |
| Replicating viral vector | Intranasal flu-based- RBD (Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy/ Xiamen University | Phase 1 ChiCTR2000037782 (60) | Not yet recruiting (October 2021) | ≥ 18 years | China | 
| Meascles-vector based (Institute Pasteur/Thermis/University of Pittsburg CVR/Merck Sharp & Dohme) | Phase 1 NCT04497298 (90) | Recruiting (October 2021) | 18−55 years | France Belgium |