Study of Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccination

Description

Better understanding of the immune responses to influenza vaccination is needed in order to understand situations of poor vaccine response. Adults will receive influenza vaccination and then have peripheral blood drawn at pre-defined intervals in order to study the lymphocyte responses.

Conditions

Influenza Vaccination

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Study Details

Study overview

Better understanding of the immune responses to influenza vaccination is needed in order to understand situations of poor vaccine response. Adults will receive influenza vaccination and then have peripheral blood drawn at pre-defined intervals in order to study the lymphocyte responses.

Study of Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccination

Study of Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccination

Condition
Influenza Vaccination
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Community-dwelling adults able to provide consent who need influenza vaccination for standard of care
  • * febrile illness at time of vaccination
  • * active malignancy
  • * use of immunosuppressing medications
  • * blood donation in the past 60 days
  • * influenza vaccinated during the preceding 6 months
  • * allergic reactions to influenza vaccination

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pennsylvania,

E.John Wherry, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Pennsylvania

Study Record Dates

2026-07-01