Status:

COMPLETED

Do Some Healthy Adults Consistently Have Systemic Reactions to Influenza Vaccines?

Lead Sponsor:

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

Conditions:

Influenza

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-69 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study will recruit 35 healthcare workers who had systemic reactions to influenza vaccine the last 2 times they were vaccinated, to ask whether influenza vaccine is indeed associated with systemic...

Detailed Description

Randomized controlled trials of split virus vaccines in healthy adults have not been able to detect an increase in systemic adverse events compared to control vaccination. These trials do identify a n...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Employed or volunteer in a healthcare facility or an ambulatory care setting providing healthcare
  • By self report, have had 2 or more doses of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIIV) in the last 15 years, and after at least the last 2 vaccine doses have had the same systemic adverse event in the 7 days after vaccination, including: fever, chills, myalgia, arthralgia, fatigue, headache, or insomnia;
  • Consent to the study, including two injections one month apart, with one being placebo and one a dose of TIIV;

Exclusion

  • Has a contraindication to TIIV (previous allergic reaction to a dose of vaccine, or Guillain Barre syndrome with onset within 6 weeks of vaccination);
  • Has previously received a dose of TIIV for the current influenza season.
  • Receipt of another vaccine, or initiation of new medication within 7 days of the study injection (participant may enter the study as long as the gap between other vaccine/initiation of new medication is \>7 days);
  • Moderate or severe acute illness or active infection or fever (temperature ≥37.8oC) on the day a dose of study medication due (participant may receive injection 48 hours after symptoms have resolved and body temperature has returned to normal without the use of antipyretics.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

11 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02263027

Start Date

October 1 2014

End Date

January 1 2016

Last Update

January 14 2016

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Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5