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. 2020 Nov 11;133:111008. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.111008

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