Active clinical trials for "Influenza, Human"

The purpose of the study is to evaluate safety, tolerability and immunogenicity (in a subset) following a dose of a trivalent subunit influenza vaccine produced either in mammalian cells or in embryonated hen eggs, in healthy adult and elderly subjects who received either vaccine one year before (2004) in the study V58P4.

This is a sequential phase I and II, controlled, double-blinded study to determine whether immune responses suggesting protection against influenza can safely be induced in young children by two reduced doses one month apart of 0.1 mL of a trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (INF) administered by the intradermal (ID) route with an investigational ID spacer on a United States (U.S.)-licensed needle-free jet injector (JI), compared to two standard intramuscular (IM) 0.25 mL doses by needle-syringe (N-S) in this age group. The locale is a developing country where financial restraints for the use of full-dose influenza vaccine would limit protection from an influenza pandemic threat, where N-Ss pose dangers and drawbacks in clinical use, and where Mantoux-type N-S ID injections are difficult to administer during mass campaigns.

Since influenza vaccines are normally administered every year because of the frequent change in their antigenic composition, the safety and immunogenicity profiles of the adjuvanted influenza vaccine need to be re-evaluated after repeated vaccine administration. In this study, subjects enrolled in a previous study will receive a booster dose with the 2006-2007 season's formulations of Fluarix or the adjuvanted vaccine.

The purpose of this phase IIb study is to demonstrate the consistency of three lots of an adjuvanted influenza vaccine candidate and to evaluate the safety of this vaccine compared to Fluarix™ administered intramuscularly in elderly aged 60 years old and above.

This study is will gather critical information on the safety, tolerability, and the immunogenicity (capability of causing an immune response) of A/H5N1 (Bird flu) virus vaccine in healthy adults. Up to 400 healthy adults, aged 18 to 64, will participate. Each subject will participate for about 7 months and will be randomly placed in one of several different study groups receiving a different dose of vaccine or placebo. All subjects will receive two injections of their assigned study product, about 28 days apart, in the muscle. Subjects will keep a journal of their temperature and any adverse effects between study visits. A small amount of blood will also be drawn before the first injection, 7 days after each injection, 1 month after the first injection, and 1 and 6 months after the second injection.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of GSK Biologicals' influenza vaccine (Fluarix™) administered intramuscularly in adults.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immunogenicity and the safety of the candidate vaccine compared to Fluarix™ administered intramuscularly in elderly aged 60 years and above

The purpose of this trial is to describe the immunogenicity, the safety, and tolerability of FluLaval™ TR and Fluarix®, the latter serving as active comparator. The results will be compared to a standard immune response criteria, for both young and elderly populations.

Avian influenza (AI), also known as bird flu, has become a major public health concern in many regions of the world. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of and immune response to an AI vaccine in healthy adults.

The purpose of this study is to look at changes that occur in blood and nasal swab samples after a person's immune system responds to receiving a flu vaccine. The investigators will look at the immune response in 50 healthy volunteers, between 21 and 49 years of age, after they have been vaccinated with 1 dose of a flu vaccine sprayed into the nose. A blood sample and nasal swab of each nostril will be collected from volunteers before they receive the flu vaccination. After receiving the flu vaccine, volunteers will record health changes and daily temperatures on diary cards at home for 21 days. Blood will be drawn and nasal swabs will be collected from each volunteer at each of the 6 study visits. Volunteers will participate in the study for approximately 1 month. This study is being conducted at the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at Eastern Virginia Medical School.