Influenza
Conditions
Keywords
Influenza
Brief summary
Vaccination is currently the most effective means of controlling influenza and preventing its complications and mortality in persons at risk. Once a year, a meeting of WHO experts takes place, leading to a recommendation on the influenza A and B strains that should be used for the production of vaccine for the coming influenza season. This study is designed to test the safety/reactogenicity and the immunogenicity of the Fluviral Trivalent Split Virion Influenza Vaccine containing the influenza strains recommended for the 2007-2008 season.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy male and female adults, 18 years of age and older. * Female subject of non-childbearing potential. Written informed consent obtained from subject.
Exclusion criteria
* Acute disease at the time of enrollment. * Blood pressure abnormalities. * Any immunosuppressive condition, such as HIV or cancer. * Renal impairment, hepatic dysfunction, complicated insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. * Unstable cardiopulmonary disease requiring chronic medical therapy or associated with functional impairment. * Any demyelinating disease, including Guillain-Barré syndrome. * Alcohol consumption and/or drug abuse. * Receipt of an influenza vaccine within 9 months prior to enrollment or of any vaccines within 30 days prior to enrollment. * Any known or suspected allergy to the Fluviral vaccine.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the immunogenicity of Fluviral influenza vaccine in adults 18 years or older | 21 days after vaccination |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate safety & reactogenicity: Solicited AEs | 4 days |
| Evaluate safety & reactogenicity: Unsolicited AEs | 21 days |
| Evaluate safety & reactogenicity: SAEs | entire study |
Countries
Canada