Status:

COMPLETED

Health Management Training to Enhance Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Conditions:

No Conditions

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to assess the immunogenicity of inactivated influenza vaccination (IIV) in healthy elderly volunteers aged 50 years and older receiving one of two different health management...

Detailed Description

We will obtain preliminary data on the time it takes to achieve a protective immune response, durability of response and occurrence of influenza in the following influenza season. Promising results in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • General Inclusion criteria are the following:
  • age 50 years or older
  • Infectious Disease tests - negative HIV test; hepatitis B surface antigen; anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV)
  • Routine Laboratory tests
  • able and willing to complete the informed consent process
  • able and willing to participate for the planned duration of the study, including availability for follow-up telephone contact
  • General Exclusion criteria
  • self report of any medical conditions for which the Center for Disease Control (CDC) states should not be vaccinated with IIV
  • self-reported vaccination with the seasonal influenza vaccine for the current 2010-2011 influenza season (vaccination with the H1N1 influenza vaccine before, during, or after the study will not be exclusionary)
  • history of hypersensitivity to any influenza vaccine components including thimerosal or egg
  • history of Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • self-reported treatment with immunomodulator/immunosuppressive drugs (interleukins (IL), corticosteroids (oral or inhaled)), G(M)- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)) in 4 weeks before enrollment or self reported history of IL-2 administration within 5 years
  • self-reported use of theophylline preparations or warfarin because of the theoretical possibilities of enhanced drug effects and toxicities following influenza vaccination
  • any clinically significant abnormalities found during a routine physical examination
  • self-reported history of any autoimmune disease
  • acute febrile illness on the day of intended immunization - immunization deferred until illness resolved
  • self report of current alcohol, substance abuse, or systemic/psychiatric illness that potentially could interfere with compliance and ability to make study visits (such as severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and current major depressive episode)

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    June 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01256515

    Start Date

    November 1 2009

    End Date

    June 1 2012

    Last Update

    May 29 2013

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    Benson-Henry Institute, 151 Merrimac St, 4th Floor

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114