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NCT number NCT02560909
Other study ID # 15-9503
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
First received September 3, 2015
Last updated April 6, 2017
Start date October 2015
Est. completion date August 2016

Study information

Verified date April 2017
Source University Health Network, Toronto
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Influenza virus is an important cause of morbidity in the transplant population and can lead to viral and bacterial pneumonia. Although the annual influenza vaccine is recommended for transplant patients, studies have shown that nonadjuvanted vaccine has poor immunogenicity. There are no studies that define the effect of adjuvanted vaccine in this population. The purpose of this study is to determine if a vaccination with FLUAD® results in improved immunogenicity as compared to standard vaccine in allo-HSCT recipients. Immunogenicity will be assessed by standard quantitative antibody titer assessments and using cell-mediated immunity measurements.


Description:

The investigators plan to study the immunogenicity of two different types of the influenza vaccine in 240 allogeneic stem cell transplant patients during the 2015-2016 season. Patients will be randomized to receive either adjuvanted influenza vaccine or nonadjuvanted. Antibody titers will be evaluated by a standard hemagglutination inhibition assay. The investigators hypothesize that the patients who receive the adjuvanted influenza vaccine will reach significantly higher response to the vaccine. This study advances research on the prevention of serious viral infections in transplant recipients.

Results from this study have the potential to directly improve patient care. If the use of the adjuvanted influenza vaccine is successful, this strategy may lead to a significant reduction in burden of disease, hospitalizations, and long-term morbidity.

The co-administration of vaccine with an adjuvant is a potentially promising method of boosting immunogenicity. Two adjuvants have been used in influenza vaccines: AS03 and MF59. Both are oil-in-water emulsions. AS03 was used in the monovalent pandemic A/H1N1 vaccine in Canada and Europe. Adjuvanted vaccines have been studied in the hematopoietic stem cell transplant population with most studies done in using the AS03-adjuvanted pandemic vaccine. MF59 adjuvant has been used in seasonal influenza vaccine in Canada and Europe for people ≥65 years old. MF59-adjuvanted vaccines have not been well studied in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation but could represent a significant advance if they show greater immunogenicity than the standard non-adjuvanted influenza vaccine. Both FLUAD® and the standard 2015-2016 nonadjuvanted vaccine will contain 15 microgram antigen from each strain and will be injected in a standard dose (0.5 mL) in the deltoid muscle by trained personnel.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 73
Est. completion date August 2016
Est. primary completion date February 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age = 18

- Greater than 3 months post-transplant

- Allogeneic HSCT

Exclusion Criteria:

- Has already received influenza vaccination for 2015-2016 season

- Egg allergy

- Previous life-threatening reaction to influenza vaccine (i.e. Guillain Barre Syndrome)

- Febrile illness in the past one week

- Receipt of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in the past 30 days or planning to receive IVIG in the next 4 weeks

- Unable to provide informed consent

- Unable to comply with study protocol

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Biological:
FLUAD® influenza vaccine
MF59 adjuvant has been used in seasonal influenza vaccine in Canada and Europe for people =65 years. MF59 contains squalene, polysorbate 80, and sorbitan trioleate. It is packaged as small microvesicles of 160nm diameter. The complete mechanism of action of MF59 is not well understood but requires activation of the innate immune system; the adjuvant exerts a local inflammatory response increasing the influx of neutrophils and macrophages to the injection site.
FLUVIRAL®
Standard 2015-2016 nonadjuvanted vaccine

Locations

Country Name City State
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Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Health Network, Toronto

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Rates of seroconversion serological response with a four-fold or greater increase in HI antibody titers to an antigen 4 weeks from vaccination
Secondary Rates of seroprotection HIA titers of >=1:40 4 weeks from vaccination
Secondary Rate of Local and systemic adverse events to vaccination within 7 days of vaccination
Secondary Number of participants with microbiologically-documented influenza infection confirmed by direct fluorescent antibody, viral culture, or PCR 6 months from vaccination
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