Influenza
Conditions
Keywords
influenza, vaccine
Brief summary
Due to antigenic changes of influenza viruses, the virus strains used in influenza vaccines are adjusted every year according to WHO (World Health Organization) and CHMP (Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use) recommendations. Immunogenicity and tolerability of the newly composed vaccines are subject for evaluation in a yearly clinical trial in non-elderly and elderly subjects (CPMP/BWP/214/96).
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy adults aged \>18 years
Exclusion criteria
* serious chronic diseases or significant acute infections requiring systemic antibiotic treatment * history of any anaphylaxis, serious vaccine reactions * hypersensitivity against vaccine components * history of neurological symptoms or signs, or anaphylactic shock following administration of any vaccine * known or suspected impairment/alteration of immune function * more than one injection of influenza vaccine received or laboratory confirmed influenza disease * within last 6 months: influenza vaccination received
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| antibody titers to each influenza strain measured by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test on Day 0 and on Day 21 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| safety of a single IM dose of the split influenza vaccine using solicited local and systemic reactions and adverse event reporting | — |
Countries
Germany