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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00306527
Date of registration: 22/03/2006
Primary sponsor: Novartis Vaccines
Public title: Comparison of Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of Influenza Vaccines in Adults and Elderly
Scientific title: A Phase III, Observer-Blind, Randomized, Multi-Center Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity (in a Subset) Following a Single Intramuscular Dose of a Trivalent Subunit Influenza Vaccine Produced Either in Mammalian Cell Culture or in Embryonated Hen Eggs, in Healthy Adult and Elderly Subjects Who Received Either One or the Other Vaccine One Year Before.
Date of first enrolment: September 2005
Target sample size: 2646
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00306527
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Poland
Contacts
Name:   Novartis Vaccines Drug Information - Services
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Affiliation:  Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18 to < 61 years of age (first age group) OR 61 years of age and older (second age
group) at enrolment in V58P4

2. mentally competent to understand the nature, the scope and the consequences of the
study

3. able and willing to give written informed consent prior to study entry

4. available for all the visits scheduled in the study

5. in good health as determined by:

1. medical history related to the previous six months,

2. physical examination,

3. clinical judgment of the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. unwilling or unable to give written informed consent to participate in the study

2. currently experiencing an acute infectious disease

3. any serious disease such as, for example:

1. cancer (except for benign or localized skin cancer and non metastatic prostate
cancer not currently treated with chemotherapy),_

2. autoimmune disease (including rheumatoid arthritis),

3. advanced arteriosclerotic disease or complicated diabetes mellitus,

4. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring oxygen therapy,

5. acute or progressive hepatic disease,

6. acute or progressive renal disease,

7. congestive heart failure

4. surgery planned during the study period

5. bleeding diathesis

6. history of hypersensitivity to any component of the study medication or chemically
related substances, such as allergy to eggs or egg products

7. known or suspected impairment/alteration of immune function resulting from:

1. receipt of immunosuppressive therapy (any cortical steroid or cancer
chemotherapy),

2. receipt of immunostimulants,

3. receipt of parenteral immunoglobulin preparation, blood products, and/or plasma
derivatives within the past 3 months and for the full length of the study,

4. high risk for developing an immunocompromising disease

8. history of drug or alcohol abuse

9. laboratory confirmed influenza disease in the past 6 months

10. received influenza vaccine within the past 6 months

11. received another vaccine or any investigational agent within the past 60 days, or
expect to receive another vaccine within 3 weeks following the study vaccination

12. participation in another clinical trial within 90 days prior to enrolment and
throughout the full length of the study

13. any acute respiratory disease or infections requiring systemic antibiotic or
antiviral therapy (chronic antibiotic therapy for urinary tract prophylaxis is
acceptable) or experienced fever _ 38°C within the past 5 days

14. pregnant/ breast feeding women or women who refuse to use a reliable contraceptive
method during the first three weeks after vaccination

15. any condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the
evaluation of the study objectives.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Influenza
Intervention(s)
Biological: Cell culture influenza vaccines
Biological: egg-derived influenza subunit vaccine
Primary Outcome(s)
Immunogenicity [Time Frame: three weeks after vaccination]
Safety and tolerability [Time Frame: up to 3 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
SAEs, adverse events necessitating a physician's visit and/or resulting in premature subject's withdrawal from study [Time Frame: six months after immunization]
Secondary ID(s)
EUDRACT: 2005-001902-26
V58P4E1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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