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A clinical study to generate a set of data characterising clinical events, physiological responses, and innate and adaptive immune responses following a single intramuscular immunisation with FluadTM seasonal influenza vaccine or saline as placebo control in healthy adults.

A clinical study to generate a set of data characterising clinical events, physiological responses, and innate and adaptive immune responses following a single intramuscular immunisation with FluadTM seasonal influenza vaccine or saline as placebo control in healthy adults.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2014-003543-35-BE
Enrollment
240
Registered
2014-08-26
Start date
2014-09-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-12-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

vaccin against influenza MedDRA version: 17.0 Level: LLT Classification code 10046859 Term: Vaccination System Organ Class: 100000004865

Interventions

Trade Name: Fluad Pharmaceutical Form: Suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe INN or Proposed INN: FLUAD, suspensie voor injectie in voorgevulde spuit Other descriptive name: A/CALIFORNIA/7/20

Sponsors

Ghent University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Healthy male or female subjects aged 18-45 years inclusive. • Male: Female ratio - Screening will ensure that no more than 2/3 of the population should be of either male or female • The subject is, in the opinion of the investigator: 1. Healthy based on medical history and clinical exam, with no active disease process that could interfere with the study endpoints. 2. Has a body Mass Index =18 and =30 3. Is able to read and understand the Informed Consent Form (ICF), and understand study procedures. 4. The subject has signed the ICF. 5. The subject is available for follow-up for the duration of the study. 6. The subject agrees to abstain from donating blood during their participation in the study, or longer if necessary. 7. If the subject is a heterosexually active female, she is willing to use an effective method of contraception with partner (oral contraceptive pill; intrauterine device; injectable or implanted contraceptive; condoms incorporating spermicide if using these; physiological or anatomical sterility) from 30 days prior to, and 3 months after, vaccination. Willing to undergo urine pregnancy tests prior to vaccination at screening and final follow up. 8. The subject has venous access sufficient to allow blood sampling as per the protocol. Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 240 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating at any point during the study from screening to final follow up. 2. Hypersensitivity to the active components of FLUAD, any of the excipients, eggs, chicken proteins, kanamycin and neomycin sulphate, formaldehyde, and cetyltrimetholammonium bromide or those who have had a previous life-threatening reaction to previous influenza vaccinations. 3. Presence of primary or acquired immunodeficiency states with a total lymphocyte count less than 1,200 per mm3 or presenting other evidence of lack of cellular immune competence e.g. leukaemias, lymphomas, blood dyscrasias, or patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy (including regular use of oral or parenteral corticosteroids). 4. Use of any immune suppressing or immunomodulating drugs within 6 months of Visit 1. 5. Regular use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (oral or parenteral route) within 6 months of Visit 1 considered by the study physician as likely to interfere with immune responses. 6. Current intake of excessive amounts of alcohol and/or caffeine (as evaluated by the investigator) and not willing to adapt this use during the study period. 7. Currently performing extreme physical activities (as evaluated by the investigator) and not willing to adapt this use during the study period. 8. Receipt of a vaccine within 30 days of visit 1, or requirement to receive another vaccine within the study period. 9. Vaccination with the 2014/2015 seasonal influenza vaccine and/or any other seasonal influenza vaccine within the last 6 months before the first study visit. 10. Presence of an acute severe febrile illness at time of immunisation. 11. History of alcohol, narcotic, benzodiazepine, rilatine, or other substance abuse or dependence within the 12 months preceding Visit 1. 12. Currently participating in another clinical study with an investigational or non-investigational drug or device, or has participated in a clinical trial within the 3 months preceding Visit 1. 13. Any condition that, in the investigator’s opinion, compromises the subject’s ability to meet protocol requirements or to complete the study. 14. Receipt of blood products or immunoglobin, or blood donation, within 3 months of screening. 15. Unable to read and speak Dutch or English to a fluency level adequate for the full comprehension of procedures required in participation and consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: The purpose of this protocol is to generate a set of data that will be analysed by integrated systems biology approach, for validation in subsequent clinical trials or in animal models. The dataset will broadly characterise: 1.Physiological responses at various time points after immunisation 2.Metabolic, innate and adaptive immune responses 3.Genetic testing of subjects when deemed necessary (genetic testing analysis may be SNIP analysis or full genome analysis). 4.Correlations in changes in innate and adaptive immune activation and metabolism with adverse events, haematology and biochemistry panels, genotype and physiological assessments We will biobank all samples for the duration of the BIOVACSAFE programme so that we can selectively analyse different samples and different time points depending on the results generated, principally from the gene expression analysis of whole blood. ;Secondary Objective: not applicable;Primary end point(s): 1.Frequency of local and systemic vaccine-related clinical events 2.Change from pre-immunisation baseline values in pulse, temperature, blood pressure 3.Change from pre-immunisation baseline values in haematology (blood counts and ESR), biochemistry (liver, renal and bone panels) parameters 4.Change from pre-immunisation baseline values in global gene expression measured on whole blood samples 5.Change from pre-immunisation baseline values and fold increase in serum HAI titre in serum samples 6.Change from pre-immunisation values of adaptive cellular immune response will be evaluated at Day 7 in all subjects via enumeration of HA-specific CD4+ T cells expressing activation markers and/or cytokines following in vitro stimulation and analysis by flow cytometry. 7.Change from pre-immunisation baseline values in metabolic gene expression and pathway activation measured on whole blood samples 8.Change from pre-immunisation baseline values in concentration of selected cytokines and acute phase proteins in serum

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): not applicable;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: not applicable

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Public ContactBimetra Clinics

Ghent University Hospital

bimetra.clinics@uzgent.be+3293320500

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026