Active clinical trials for "Influenza, Human"

This phase II trial studies the effect of baloxavir in combination with oseltamivir in treating severe influenza infection in patients who have previously received a hematopoietic (blood) stem cell transplant or have a hematological malignancy. Baloxavir is an antiviral drug that inhibits the growth of influenza virus, reduces viral load and prevents further influenza infection. Osetamivir is an antiviral drug that blocks enzymes on the surfaces of influenza viruses, interfering with cell release of complete viral particles. Giving baloxavir in combination with oseltamivir may shorten or decrease the intensity of influenza infection compared to oseltamivir alone.

Influenza infection is an important public health priority, with seasonal outbreaks and pandemics causing considerable global morbidity and mortality. The PK, pharmacodynamics (PD), safety and efficacy of IV zanamivir have been evaluated in adults, adolescents and infants more than or equal to (>=) 6 months of age with hospitalized influenza in the IV zanamivir global development program. However, antiviral treatment of neonates and infants under 6 months of age hospitalized with influenza infection remains a medical unmet need. Given the immaturity of the immune system at this age, there are no licensed influenza vaccines for children aged less than six months old. As a requirement of the Pediatric Investigation Plan European Union (EU), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will be conducting this open-label, multi-center, single arm, post-marketing authorization study to evaluate the PK and collect safety and tolerability information of IV zanamivir in hospitalized neonates and infants under 6 months of age with confirmed complicated influenza infection. The total duration of study participation for each participant will be up to 24 days with a study treatment period up to 10 days and 14 days of post-treatment follow up. However, for a given participant, the initial 5-day treatment course may be extended for up to 5 additional days if clinical symptoms, participant characteristics or virological tests as assessed by the investigator warrant further treatment. DECTOVA is a trademark of GlaxoSmithKline group of companies.

Otherwise healthy index patients (IP) are randomized to either baloxavir marboxil or placebo if their influenza symptoms onset was within 48 hours of screening. Their households are enrolled within 24 hours of randomization if at least 1 household contacts (HHC) have not received influenza vaccine within 6 months of screening and if all HHC screen negative for influenza infection. The main endpoints are assessed based on multiple respiratory swabs, obtained from both IP and HHC up to 9 (+/-1) days post IP randomization, and through the assessment of symptoms.

The purpose of this pragmatic randomized trial is to evaluate the relative vaccine effectiveness of high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV-HD) vs. standard-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV-SD) in older adults. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either QIV-HD or QIV-SD.

Seasonal influenza epidemics are important causes of mortality and morbidity. Cytokine dysregulation, with high levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, occurs in patients with severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection, A(H5N1) infection, and A(H7N9) infection. We aim to investigate the effects of adjunctive sirolimus in adults hospitalized with influenza A or B infections involving the lower respiratory tract.

This is a prospective, randomized randomized immunologic study of response to influenza and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination across four of the US Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness (Flu VE) Network study sites.

This is a Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial, blind, multicenter, with active controls, to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (split virion, inactivated) from Instituto Butantan, in two dose scheme (0.25ml and 0.50ml), in infants and children under 3 years of age.

The immune system is the part of the body that protects against infection. The immune system often doesn't work as effectively as people get older. This research is being done to find out how the immune systems in older people who are over age 75 respond to influenza vaccine (flu shot). We also want to find out if chronic cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a common virus infection in older persons affects the immune response in people older than 75 years of age who receive a flu shot. The Flu Shot is a vaccine approved for the prevention of influenza ("Flu") infections and is recommended every year for all persons 50 years and older. People who are older than 75 years of age are considered healthy or frail may join. A total of 1025 persons will be participating in this study. In order to determine if you are qualified for the study, we would ask you to answer a few questions over the phone that will take approximately 5 minutes. If you qualify and agree to proceed, you will be asked to come to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center or, if you are unable to come to Bayview, one of our staff can visit you at your home. During that visit we obtain consent, review your medical history, and measure your vital signs, walking speed and grip strength. We will also administer a few brief questionnaires and collect urine and blood samples. We will then give you the Influenza vaccine for free. 7 days post receiving your Influenza Vaccine we will collect a small blood sample for further immune system testing. also, you will be asked to complete a 12-question survey which will assess your symptoms over the past 7 days (post receiving the Influenza vaccine). Also 4 weeks post receiving your Influenza vaccine you will be asked to complete a third visit that will include follow up health questionnaires and an influenza symptoms assessment questionnaire and vital signs. A third blood draw will be collected (approximately 10 teaspoons) to measure immune responses to the influenza vaccine. In addition, you will receive your test result (CBC/w/Diff.) from visit #1. Throughout the influenza study season, we will call you once a week to ask about your general health and any Flu-like symptoms. These calls will be made throughout the Flu season which typically lasts through May. If you begin to have any influenza like symptoms at any time during the study, we ask that you call our office to report these symptoms so that we may perform vital signs, nasal swab to confirm influenza, and a fourth blood draw to look at the immune response and protection of influenza vaccine.

This is a Phase 1b, randomized, double-blind, dose-escalating, age de-escalating, placebo-controlled study of 200 children, ages 6 months to 17 years. This clinical trial is designed to assess the safety, tolerability/reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of one and two doses of Sing2016 M2SR H3N2 influenza vaccine (manufactured by FluGen) administered intranasally in seven cohorts of children. The study design includes pre-planned Safety Review Committee( SRC) reviews. The first two groups to be vaccinated will be Cohorts 1 and 2. Cohort 1 consists of 45 children 9-17 years old. Thirty of them will receive one dose of the vaccine at a dose of 10^9 TCID50, and 15 will receive one dose of placebo. Cohort 2 comprises 45 children 2-8 years old. Thirty of them will receive one dose of the vaccine at a dose of 10^8 TCID50 and 15 will receive one dose of placebo. Cohort 3 consists of 25 children 2-8 years old. 15 of them will receive one dose of vaccine at 10^9 TCID50 and 10 will receive one dose of placebo. Once 25 participants in Cohort 3 have completed Day 8 of follow-up, similar to Cohorts 1 and 2, the SRC will review to ensure no halting rules are met and if no rules are met, and the SRC determines it is safe to proceed, simultaneous enrollment into Cohorts 4 and 5 can begin. If any halting rules are met or any concerns are raised by the SRC, an external SMC may meet to discuss the data for recommendations on either progression or clinical trial modification before progression to the next cohort. Cohort 4 consists of 25 children 2-8 years old; 15 of them will receive two doses of vaccine at 10^9 TCID50 and 10 will receive two doses of placebo, with a 28-day interval between the first and second doses. Cohort 5 will enroll 8 influenza naïve children (defined as children without receipt of influenza vaccine and without previous documented influenza infection) who are 6-23 months old who will be randomly assigned to receive two doses of 10^7 TCID50 Sing2016 M2SR (n=6) or two doses of placebo (n=2) with a 28-day interval between the first and second dose. Once all 8 participants in Cohort 5 have completed Day 8 of follow-up after the first dose, the SRC will conduct a safety assessment before beginning enrollment in Cohort 6. Cohorts 6 and 7 will also enroll 6- to 23-month-olds who are influenza-naïve. Cohort 6 will consist of 26 children. A lead-in group of 8 children will be randomly assigned to receive either two doses of 10^8 TCID50 of the Sing2016 M2SR (n=6) or two doses of placebo (n=2). Once the first 8 children have completed Day 8 of follow-up after the first dose, the SRC will review the safety and determine if Cohort 7 may open to enrollment. Cohort 7 enrollment will not begin until Cohort 6 is fully enrolled. Similar to other cohorts, the additional 18 children in Cohort 6 may continue to enroll during the SRC review. Cohort 7 will be the final cohort. Twenty-six children will be randomly allocated to receive two doses of either 10^9 TCID50 Sing2016 M2SR (n=18) or placebo (n=8). This cohort does not have a "lead-in" group since data from such a group are not needed to allow the enrollment in a subsequent cohort. However, the study-wide and individual halting rules still apply. The primary study objective is to assess the safety and tolerability of one and two administrations of the Sing2016 M2SR H3N2 influenza vaccine at 10^7, 10^8, or 10^9 TCID50 delivered intranasally to healthy participants, 6 months to 17 years of age

The influenza virus is a significant cause of morbidity in adult solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. However, these individuals show a suboptimal response to vaccines including the standard-dose (SD) inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV). Recent studies have investigated two strategies to overcome poor immune responses in SOT recipients: (1) administration of high-dose (HD)-IIV compared to SD-IIV and (2) two doses of SD-IIV compared to one dose of SD-IIV in the same influenza season. The first study compared HD-IIV vs. SD-IIV in adult SOT and noted HD-IIV was safe and reported higher immunogenicity; however, the median post-transplant period was 38 months. In another phase II trial of adult SOT recipients, two doses of SD-IIV a month apart compared to one-dose SD-IIV revealed increased immunogenicity, with a median post-transplantation period of 18 months. Therefore, these studies lack evaluation in the early post-transplantation period in this vulnerable population when influenza disease is most severe. The administration of two-doses of HD-IIV in the same influenza season has also not been studied in SOT recipients. Moreover, the vast majority of SOT influenza vaccinations studies have not substantively evaluated prolonged immunogenicity. Thus, the optimal immunization strategy for SOT recipients less than 12 months post-transplant is poorly-defined. In addition, the immunologic predictors and correlates of influenza vaccine immunogenicity in SOT recipients have not been defined. The investigators hypothesize that adult solid organ transplant recipients that are 1-11 months out from transplant and are receiving high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine will have higher hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) geometric mean titers to influenza A antigens compared to adult SOT recipients receiving standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccine. To test this hypothesis and address the above critical knowledge gaps, The investigators propose to conduct a phase II multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing either two doses HD-IIV, two doses of SD-IIV, or one-dose of HD-IIV in adult kidney, heart, and liver SOT recipients 1-11 months post-transplantation. The results of this study will address significant gaps in knowledge regarding influenza vaccine strategies and immune responses in adult SOT recipients and will guide vaccine recommendations in this vulnerable population.