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Filter by:Influenza outbreaks are a prevalent event in nursing homes (NHs). We will study baloxavir compared to oseltamivir when used for influenza prophylaxis when facilities identify an index incident case of influenza. This study will help guide nursing home's decision making and demonstrate the effectiveness of a novel antiviral for preventing influenza outbreaks.
Annually influenza is a leading cause of severe disease and mortality particularly in young children <5 years old and pregnant women in the low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and both groups are prioritised for vaccination by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In Bangladesh, influenza is responsible for 10% of all childhood pneumonias and 9% of all death. Maternal influenza is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation and foetal malformation. Influenza is a vaccine preventable disease, however, in most LMICs influenza vaccination is not part of the vaccination programme. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine against influenza illness among pregnant women and children in Bangladesh. Influenza vaccine has not yet been studied as combined immunization strategy in a cluster randomized trial. This study is a community-based randomised trial in both pregnant women and young children to assess the impact of inactivated influenza vaccine in preventing influenza in the community as well as population level impact by both direct and indirect effect of vaccination.
Healthy adult participants will be challenged with the H1N1 Influenza virus and then treated with either SAB-176 or placebo.
The aims of this vaccine trial are: (1) to measure humoral and selected cellular immune responses to repeated influenza vaccination with Flublok, including these responses' associations with age, birth year, and prior vaccination history; (2) to identify the characteristics of study participants who are vaccinated but still become infected with influenza virus ("vaccine failures") and participants who have poor immune responses to vaccination; and (3) to predict how influenza vaccinations and infections shape immunity.
The proposed study is designed to investigate if and how pregnant women infected with Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) infection go on to develop long-term immunity. In December 2019, a group of people in Wuhan, China presented with symptoms of a pneumonia of an unknown cause that led to the discovery of a new coronavirus called COVID-19. COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic with 7,140,000 confirmed cases and 418,000 deaths as of 13th June 2020. In the United Kingdom (UK), there have been 294,000 cases and 41,662 deaths as of 13th June 2020. In humans, this infection primarily involves the upper part of the lungs, but it can also affect other organs. It causes mild symptoms in the majority of people affected but some people can have severe infections, with some even requiring critical care in hospital. During Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a previous coronavirus epidemic, pregnant women were disproportionately affected with severe illness. Understanding how the immune system responds long-term to this infection may hold the key to developing better vaccines and efficient treatment plans. Specialised immunity develops when individuals are infected by this and other viruses. The investigators of this study propose that, in pregnancy, this specialised immunity may not behave effectively. This may affect their ability to develop long lasting immunity and make them more vulnerable to re-infection. In this study, the investigators aim to recruit patients across 6 groups including COVID-19 newly infected pregnant women, and people with differing illness severity, mild to moderate, severe/critical, no infection (controls), as well as pregnant women with influenza and those receiving influenza vaccine. The study team will compare COVID-19 in pregnancy with non-pregnant infected and with influenza infected and vaccinated pregnant women. The study team will consent patients in all of these groups to provide a series of blood samples at different time points in a 12-month period.
Influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide despite available antivirals and vaccines. SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. has developed SAB-176, an anti-influenza human immunoglobulin (transchromosomic [Tc] bovine-derived) intravenous therapeutic to treat past and current strains of Type A Influenza and Type B Influenza. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of SAB-176 in healthy participants.
Pregnant women who get influenza are more likely than non-pregnant women to have serious complications, including hospitalizations, death, preterm labor and premature birth. Pertussis can cause hospitalization or death for newborns. However, influenza and Tdap vaccination rates for pregnant women are low nationally. In this study, the investigators will perform a randomized controlled trial aimed at practice change in obstetricians' offices, with an overall goal of reducing morbidity and mortality from influenza and pertussis infections.
The purpose of this study is to develop a nasal model for influenza infection using the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). The investigators will administer LAIV to healthy adult volunteers in order to simulate influenza infection, and obtain nasal specimens to measure influenza virus and inflammatory/immune responses. In a subset of participants, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) function will also be evaluated via measurement of nasal potential difference (NPD)
The purpose of the study is to compare Emergency Department patients who undergo influenza and RSV PCR testing using an FDA-approved point-of-care device (Cepheid Xpert® Xpress Flu/RSV) located in the ED, to patients who undergo influenza and RSV PCR testing at the core laboratory. The principal purpose is to determine if the time spent in the ED is different in the group undergoing POC influenza testing compared to those undergoing laboratory-based influenza testing.
Based on recent evidence on the mutation of the A/H3N2 strain in egg-grown vaccine, the investigators will study the quadrivalent recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV4, Flublok) compared to the standard dose quadrivalent vaccine (IV4) in a cohort of long-stay NH residents with a primary endpoint of all-cause hospitalization.