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  T002: Protocol synopsis
PROTOCOL T-002
Investigational product
Biotechnological Vaccine
Patients
128 in Italy
Duration
Project duration: at least 2 years
Duration for each patient: 1 year
Dedicated Personnel
About 100 persons, with at least 50 individuals distributed between ISS and cooperating companies (CNAIDS, Core Lab, TVA, Opera, Diatheva, Injectalia), and at least 50 (5/site) at the 10 Clinical Centres
Visits
At least 1280 clinical visits
Clinical Centres
10 (RM, FI, MI 2, BS, BA, LT, TO, MO, FE)
Laboratory
Centralized (Core Lab IFO S. Gallicano, Rome)
A total of 14.000 person-hours per year are foreseen
Biological samples delivery from Clinical Centres to the Core Laboratory at Rome
Dedicated Courier to the release within 8 hours
About 600 deliveries/year at RT and 140 deliveries/year at CT (- 80 °C)
Laboratory tests

Immunological testing (about 17000 tests)

Production Diatheva, Università degli Studi di Urbino
Formulation and packaging

Injectalia Biopharma, (Pomezia, Rome)
(About 700 vaccine vials will be used for the trial)

Vaccine delivery to Clinical Centres

Specialized Courier for delivery at - 80 °C
(About 650 deliveries / year)

Monitoring and Data Managment Activities

Contract Research Organization Opera Srl (Genova)
(A total of 18000 person-hours per year are foreseen)

Clinical Data Electronic Case Report Forms (Oracle Remote Data Capture). The study will imply the storage and the management for about 10 billions of data
Insurance HDI-Gerling
Psychological support to the patients Psychological Evaluation Protocol coordinated by “Università Vita-Salute” (San Raffaele, Milan)
 

 

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