Characterization of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Elicited by Influenza Vaccination in Healthy Adults

Description

Cellular and humoral immune responses before and after seasonal influenza vaccination will be assessed. Each year, up to 100 participants will be enrolled. To study age-specific differences in immune responses, participants with various years of birth will be enrolled. The investigators hypothesize that humans with different birth years will mount antibody and cellular responses of different specificities following seasonal influenza vaccination.

Conditions

Influenza, Human

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Cellular and humoral immune responses before and after seasonal influenza vaccination will be assessed. Each year, up to 100 participants will be enrolled. To study age-specific differences in immune responses, participants with various years of birth will be enrolled. The investigators hypothesize that humans with different birth years will mount antibody and cellular responses of different specificities following seasonal influenza vaccination.

Characterization of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Elicited by Influenza Vaccination in Healthy Adults

Characterization of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Elicited by Influenza Vaccination in Healthy Adults

Condition
Influenza, Human
Intervention / Treatment

-

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

  • 1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • 2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for all study visits
  • 3. Aged 18 years and older
  • 4. In good health based on self-reported medical conditions via an online survey
  • 1. Known allergic reactions to components of the study vaccine
  • 2. Known latex allergy
  • 3. History of severe reactions following previous immunization with licensed or unlicensed influenza virus vaccines
  • 4. History of GBS within 6 weeks of receipt of a previous influenza vaccine
  • 5. Immunosuppression as a result of an underlying illness or treatment with immunosuppressive or cytotoxic drugs, or use of anticancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the preceding 36 months
  • 6. Treatment with immunoglobulin or another blood product within the 3 months prior to enrollment in this study
  • 7. Active neoplastic disease (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer or prostate cancer that is stable in the absence of therapy) or a history of any hematological malignancy ("active" is defined as having received treatment within the past 5 years)
  • 8. Long-term (greater than 2 weeks) usage of oral or parenteral steroids, or high-dose inhaled steroids
  • 9. Administration of an influenza vaccine within 2 months prior to enrollment
  • 10. Known acute or chronic medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator or appropriate sub-investigator, would render vaccination unsafe or would interfere with the evaluation of responses
  • 11. Participation in a study that involves an experimental agent or having received an experimental agent (other than a COVID-19 vaccine) within 1 month prior to enrollment or expecting to receive another experimental agent during the study period
  • 12. Intends to donate blood during the study period
  • 13. Any condition that would, in the opinion of the site investigator, place the subject at an unacceptable risk of injury or render the subject unable to meet the requirements of the protocol
  • 14. Pregnancy
  • 15. Known human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection
  • 16. Any condition that the principal investigator believes may interfere with successful completion of the study

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pennsylvania,

Study Record Dates

2027-04