Active clinical trials for "Influenza in Birds"

Background: - New vaccines against avian influenza, also known as "bird flu," are being developed and require testing to determine if they are safe and effective and whether they have any side effects. Researchers are interested in testing two experimental avian influenza vaccines to see whether they are safe, if there are any side effects from the vaccines, and how the body's immune response differs in response to different vaccination schedules. One vaccine is an inactivated vaccine (made with killed or weakened influenza) and one is a DNA vaccine that allows the body to use vaccine to make an immune system response to a specific part of an avian influenza protein. Objectives: To determine the safety and potential side effects of two experimental vaccines against avian influenza. To evaluate whether the time between the two experimental vaccine injections affects the immune response to the vaccine. Eligibility: - Healthy individuals between 18 and 60 years of age. Design: Participants will be randomly divided (by chance) into six groups to receive two injections of vaccine at different intervals. One group will receive only the inactivated vaccine, while the other groups will receive the DNA vaccine followed by the inactivated vaccine at different intervals (e.g., 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks or 24 weeks later). Participants will remain at the clinical center for at least 30 minutes after each vaccination. A few days after each injection, participants will contact staff by telephone or have a clinic visit. Participants will also be asked to complete a diary card at home for 5 days to keep track of temperature changes, injection site skin changes, and other effects. Four weeks after the first injection, participants will return for a clinic visit and to provide blood samples for testing. Two weeks after the second injection, participants will return for a clinic visit and provide blood samples (collected through apheresis) to provide information on immune response to the vaccine.

The aim of the present dose ranging study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of two doses of twelve different formulations of a Cell Culture-Derived H5N1 Subunit Influenza Virus Vaccine, adjuvanted with MF59 or non-adjuvanted, given three weeks apart and followed by a booster dose after 12 months in healthy adults 18 to 40 years of age.

Evaluate the immune response and reactogenicity of H5N1 vaccination in subjects aged 6 months to 17 years compared to seasonal flu vaccination

This is a trial designed to assess the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of one or two doses of monovalent inactivated split influenza 2013 and 2017 A/H7N9 virus vaccines administered intramuscularly at different dosages, given with or without AS03 adjuvant, using different vaccination schedules. This trial will enroll up to 180 males and non-pregnant females, 19 to 50 years of age, who are in good health and who are influenza A/H7 naïve. Subjects will be randomly assigned to 1 of 6 treatment arms (30 subjects per arm) to evaluate the interval between the first and second doses and the presence of the adjuvant in the first and second doses. The neuraminidase-specific antibody response and the neuraminidase content of the Inactivated Influenza Virus Vaccine will be determined using tests that are currently under development. Study duration is approximately 22 months with subject participation duration of approximately 18 months. The primary objectives of the study are: 1) to assess the safety and reactogenicity of 2013 and 2017 A/H7N9 IIVs given with or without AS03 adjuvant following receipt of each study vaccine; 2) to assess the serum hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) and neutralizing (Neut) antibody responses following receipt of the second study vaccine.

This study evaluates safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of two doses of GHB04L1, a liquid formulation of the replication- deficient influenza A/Vietnam/1203/04(H5N1)-like ∆NS1 virus in healthy adults. Subjects are randomised at a ratio of 2:1 for GHB04L1 (6.8 log10 or 7.5 log10 TCID50/dose/volunteer) or placebo.

The purpose of the study is to characterize the immunogenicity & safety of 2 doses of GSK's avian flu vaccine GSK 1557484A given according to different regimens to adults aged 18 to 64 years

To assess persistence of antibody titers 17-18 months after primary immunization with two 0.5mL intramuscular (IM) doses of H5N1 influenza vaccine containing H5N1 influenza antigen, as measured by Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI), Single Radial Hemolysis (SRH), and Microneutralization (MN) test

This study will determine if an experimental avian flu (bird flu) vaccine is safe, whether it has side effects and if it can stimulate an immune response in people. The vaccine being tested in this study is made from DNA (genetic material) that codes for an influenza protein called hemagglutinin 5 (H5), which is based on the protein from the bird flu virus. The study will determine if the body creates resistance or immunity to the H5 protein. The hope is that an immune response to this protein may protect against bird flu virus infection. Healthy people between 18 and 60 years old who have been vaccinated with the current season's influenza vaccine may be eligible for this study. Participants are randomly assigned to receive injections of one of the following: 1) study vaccine at 1 mg dose, 2) study vaccine at 4 mg dose, or 3) placebo (salt-water solution). They receive three injections about 4 weeks apart in the upper arm muscle. Participants record their temperature and symptoms at home for 5 days after each injection, either on a diary card or electronically using the Internet, and report any side effects to a study physician or nurse as soon as possible. They return to NIH for clinic visits every 2 weeks for the first 12 weeks, then at week 26 and at week 42 to check for health changes or problems. Blood is drawn at all visits and urine samples are collected through week 10. If a participant develops serious side effects, the study physician may decide that he or she should not receive any further injections. However, all participants are asked to continue the follow-up visits even if they do not get the full set of three injections. ...

This study is designed to evaluate the immunogenicity, safety and tolerability of 2 doses of FLUAD-H5N1 vaccine compared to 2 doses of trivalent, interpandemic FLUAD, each administered 3 weeks apart.

This study evaluates the immunogenicity, safety and tolerability of an H5N1 vaccine with a seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine, containing the strains recommended by WHO for the 2007 influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere.