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Filter by:Pregnant women have limited knowledge regarding influenza, its implications during pregnancy, and recommendations for vaccination during pregnancy. The researchers plan to distribute an information pamphlet to women in a prenatal clinic, offer the vaccine during prenatal visits, and then give a questionnaire on the postpartum floor assessing knowledge. The researchers hypothesize that with education intervention, knowledge scores on the questionnaire will be higher than those from last year, when no education was provided.
The main purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of early oseltamivir treatment (started within 24 hours of the onset of influenza symptoms) in preventing the development of acute otitis media as a complication of influenza in children aged 1-3 years.
The study primarily aims to evaluate immunogenicity and safety of influenza vaccines (cell culture derived seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine (cTIV) or influenza virus vaccine (egg-derived seasonal trivalent, thiomersal free; eTIV_a)) when administered alone and when administered concomitantly with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PV) in elderly subjects. The Study also aimed to evaluate safety and immunogenicity (subset) of annual vaccination with either cTIV or eTIV_a in adults and elderly subjects.
Influenza causes epidemics of respiratory infection in young children each winter. Young children, particularly those under 6 months of age are most vulnerable to suffering from complications secondary to influenza infection. Consequently, influenza vaccine has been recommended for children 6-59 months of age. Influenza vaccine is not approved for use in children under 6 month of age who are at highest risk. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended vaccination of household contacts of children under 6 month of age - a cocooning strategy. The current study is a hospital-based study to assess the effectiveness of a program to vaccinate birth mothers and household contacts of newborns with influenza vaccine. We propose to study both birth mothers and household contacts of newborns delivered at Durham Regional Hospital and Duke University Medical Center, birthing hospitals serving Durham and surrounding counties in central North Carolina. We will implement several strategies to increase vaccine coverage rates at Durham Regional Hospital utilizing Duke University Hospital as a comparison setting. Strategies will include: standing vaccine orders for birth mothers, vaccine reminders for household contacts, and a hospital based influenza vaccine clinic to increase vaccine accessibility for household contacts. Vaccine coverage rates will be assessed utilizing a survey method (maternal interview at the birthing hospital and a follow-up telephone contact 6-8 weeks later). We hypothesize that influenza vaccine coverage rates for new mothers and household contacts of newborns delivered at the intervention hospital will be higher when compared to coverage rates in the comparison hospital. Demographic determinants of vaccine coverage and reasons for refusal of influenza vaccine will also be assessed.
The primary purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of an investigational Vero-cell derived influenza vaccine to prevent infection in an adult population with an influenza virus that is antigenically similar to one of the three strains in the vaccine. All subjects will be randomized to receive a single 0.5 ml intramuscular injection from one of three lots of seasonal Vero-cell derived influenza vaccine or saline placebo. Subjects will be monitored for 180 days following vaccination for occurrence of adverse events. For determining antibody response, subjects will have one blood draw before and one blood draw 21 days after vaccination.
This study will assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability profile of CSL's Influenza Vaccine administered intramuscularly against laboratory-confirmed influenza illness in a population defined as being not at risk of severe complications following influenza infection.
To provide Centers for Biologic Evaluation and Research (CBER) with sera collected from healthy children receiving the 2007-2008 formulation of the inactivated, split-virion influenza vaccine Fluzone® for further study.
To evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the three consecutive lots of an seasonal split influenza vaccine Anflu in adults, a randomized, double-blind and controlled clinical trial was conducted in 560 subjects in Tianjin City of China.
This study is a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical efficacy trial to assess the duration and severity of influenza symptoms, and duration of viral shedding, in influenza patients receiving oseltamivir early and late relative to placebo. There are two main hypotheses in this study: 1. The duration of influenza symptoms, mean severity score, and duration of viral shedding are reduced in patients who initiate oseltamivir treatment late (48 to 119 hours) compared to those receiving no antiviral therapy. 2. Prior influenza vaccination (same season) reduces the duration of influenza symptoms and mean symptom severity in patients receiving oseltamivir after adjusting for age and timing of antiviral therapy (early versus late). There are two secondary hypotheses: 1. The duration of influenza symptoms, mean severity score, and duration of viral shedding are reduced in patients with influenza who initiate oseltamivir treatment early (< 48 hours) versus late (48 to 119 hours). 2. The incidence of secondary complications is lower in patients initiating oseltamivir therapy late relative to those receiving no antiviral therapy.
Primary objective: * Immunogenicity To demonstrate that the influenza vaccine administered by intradermal route at least as immunogenic as the adjuvanted influenza vaccine administered by intramuscular route at the same dosage in term of HA antibody titres Secondary objectives - Immunogenicity - To describe the immune response 21 days after vaccination with the influenza vaccine administered by ID route versus the adjuvanted influenza vaccine administered by IM route.. - To describe the compliance of both vaccines administered with the European Medicine Agency (EMEA) Note for Guidance immunogenicity criteria, specific for elderly subjects - Safety - To describe the safety profile after vaccination in each group - Acceptability - To describe the pain at the injection site - To describe the comfort of the injection