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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immune response of the killed flu vaccine in healthy subjects. Participants in this study are considered to be healthy volunteers. Influenza ("Flu") infection carries a risk of serious illness. This is an open label and single arm observational study designed to assess the humoral response to influenza vaccination and the longevity of humoral immunity to influenza vaccination in healthy adults. Enrolled subjects will receive licensed seasonal inactivated influenza vaccine (administered as a part of the study). Participants will donate serial samples of blood and bone marrow aspirate for immunology monitoring. Repeated measurements of humoral immunity will be obtained at 7 days, 28 days, 90 days and at one year post vaccination to assess the magnitude, clonal diversity and persistence of B-cell responses to influenza vaccination.


Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immune response of the killed flu vaccine in healthy subjects. Participants in this study are considered to be healthy volunteers. Influenza ("Flu") infection carries a risk of serious illness. The immune system is the body's defense against all kinds of infections and foreign invaders. The flu vaccine is a dose of killed (inactivated) flu virus. The immune system then builds protective responses against the flu virus. These responses help attack and kill the virus. One may not get sick at all, or may have a much shorter or milder illness. The killed flu vaccine is made from a killed influenza virus that has been split apart and modified in such a way as to not be able to grow at all in humans. The killed flu vaccine is given via an injection into your arm. The purpose of this research study is to test the immune response to a vaccination for influenza (the "flu"). Participants will be given one dose of an FDA-approved influenza vaccine. The flu vaccine used in this study is the same seasonal flu vaccine that is approved by the government for this year. The study will measure immune response to the seasonal flu vaccine by measuring the immune response in the blood and bone marrow over a period of time, for up to 1 year post (after) vaccination. Researchers expect to see a change in the immune system in response to the flu vaccination. This response will be evaluated by comparing data obtained before flu vaccination to data collected at specified time points (0, 7, 28, 90, and 365 days) after the administration of the flu vaccine. It is possible that by measuring these differences, especially in the bone marrow, clinicians can better understand how the body responds to flu vaccination and how long the immunity lasts. This is important because it could help lead to the creation of more effective flu vaccines in the future. Up to 90 healthy volunteers will be enrolled into the study. Subjects chosen to participate in this study will be healthy volunteers who are eligible to receive the flu vaccine. An individual's study participation will last for up to 365 days, or 1 year. Subjects who complete the study will be given the option to re-enroll if they meet enrollment criteria. The duration for this study is seven years. This single site study will take place at Emory University. As this is a healthy volunteers study, flyers, social media posts, and electronic newsletter advertisements will be used to recruit participants for this study. Interested individuals can contact the study team to determine eligibility. We will not request any waivers of consent. Participants will be asked, as part of the informed consent process, whether or not they agree to have their specimens used only for future research. This decision can be changed at any time by the participant without penalty. Participants who agree to take part in this study will have specimens collected for antibody determination and viral typing. Each specimen will be labeled only with a unique tracking number to protect participant's confidentiality. These samples will not be used for genetic (DNA) studies and will be stored in a coded manner indefinitely. ;


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NCT number NCT05616546
Study type Interventional
Source Emory University
Contact Jennifer C Truell, MA, MPH
Phone 404-778-0014
Email jennifer.carter.truell@emory.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date October 16, 2023
Completion date December 2029

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