Active clinical trials for "Influenza, Human"

This study will determine how best to use a vaccine for generating high levels of antibodies called immune globulins (IVIG) in people, which, in turn, can be collected and used to develop a possible treatment for avian influenza (bird flu). Immune globulins are proteins made by the body that attack the influenza virus. This study will use an experimental bird flu vaccine to stimulate immune globulin production in healthy people. The vaccine is similar to the regular influenza vaccine and has been studied in more than 450 people. This study will use high doses of the vaccine to generate high antibody levels that can be collected for producing the new treatment. Healthy adults between 18 and 60 years of age who weigh at least 110 pounds may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history and physical examination. Participants are given one of three doses of the vaccine, depending on when they enter the study. The first 25 people enrolled receive a dose of 90 micrograms (mcg). If this dose is well tolerated, the next 25 people receive 120 mcg, and if this dose is also well tolerated, the last 25 people receive 180 mcg. Vaccination consists of either two shots (one in the muscle of each arm) or one shot in the buttock on four occasions. Subjects are vaccinated on four occasions, each 4 weeks apart. On the day of each vaccination, subjects provide a blood sample to evaluate blood counts, chemistries, and antibody levels, and to test for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, and antibody against avian flu. For 7 days after each vaccination, subjects keep a diary card to record any symptoms, such as pain, fever, muscle aches, or others. At the end of the 7 days, they are contacted by study staff to report the symptoms. In addition to the vaccinations, subjects undergo apheresis to collect IVIG once their blood test shows moderately high antibody levels. For this procedure, blood is collected through a needle in an arm vein and flows through a catheter (plastic tube) into a machine that separates the blood cells from the antibodies and protein. The antibodies and protein are collected and the rest of the blood is returned to the body. Subjects are asked to undergo at least three apheresis procedures. ...

This pilot study will investigate B-cell responses following vaccination with live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) in healthy children 2 years of age from blood samples taken at designated time points before and after vaccination.

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess tolerability, safety and immunogenicity of the Flu-M Quadro vaccine as compared to the Ultrix® Quadri vaccine in volunteers aged between 18 and 60. Participants were given Flu-M Quadro [inactivated split influenza vaccine] with preservative or Flu-M Quadro [inactivated split influenza vaccine] without preservative or Ultrix® Quadri vaccine.The volunteers of each group were vaccinated with a single dose vaccine. Researchers assessed the tolerability, safety and immunogenicity of the Flu-M Quadro quadrivalent inactivated split influenza vaccine. Researchers performed a comparative assessment of the tolerability, safety, and immunogenicity of the Flu-M Quadro quadrivalent inactivated split influenza vaccine and the Ultrix® Quadri vaccine.

The purpose of this study is to assess, prospectively, the effect on flu vaccination rates of a pre-visit questionnaire that asks patients to indicate their preferences for a flu shot. Responses to the questionnaire will also be shown to clinicians via additional text in an existing flu shot alert. The investigators hypothesize that the pre-visit questionnaire will lead to increased flu vaccination compared with standard practices.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preventative antiviral activity of CD388, as compared to saline placebo, when administered as a single dose to healthy adult participants in a human viral challenge model of influenza.

Comparative assessment of the tolerability, safety, and immunogenicity of the FLU-M® Tetra quadrivalent inactivated split influenza vaccine and the Ultrix® vaccine in volunteers aged 60 years and above.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of GSK Biologicals' Infanrix hexa, given in the primary vaccination schedule to infants born to pregnant women who participated in study 116945 [DTPA (BOOSTRIX)-047]. This study will help us evaluate if the presence of transplacentally transferred maternal antibodies interfere with the immune response to primary vaccination with Infanrix hexa and a co-administered pneumococcal conjugate vaccine given as a part of this study in infants.

The purpose of this study are to determine the effect FF-3 in comparison to placebo in subjects who are experimentally inoculated with a live, challenge strain of influenza A virus.

The present study is designed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of trivalent, surface antigen, inactivated influenza vaccine in 2 age cohorts: 18 to ≤60 years and ≥61 years. For the immunogenicity endpoint the antibody response to each influenza vaccine antigen will be evaluated by means of Single Radial Hemolysis (SRH) or Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) at approximately 21 days post vaccination. The vaccine composition will be based on the WHO recommended influenza strains for the 2015 Southern Hemisphere vaccine, and the data from this study are intended to support the use of this vaccine in future influenza seasons if the recommended vaccine composition remains the same.

This is a single centre phase I, double-blind placebo-controlled study to assess reactogenicity, safety and immunogenicity of a live monovalent A/17/Anhui/2013/61 (H7N9) influenza vaccine in healthy male and female adults, 18 through 49 years of age .