Association Between Gut Microbiome and Dietary Determinants and Vaccine Response

Description

This study evaluates the association between gut microbiome and dietary determinants and vaccine response. This study aims to learn if diet and the microbes (such as bacteria and viruses) found in your gut affect the body's immune response to the influenza vaccine.

Conditions

Influenza

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Study Details

Study overview

This study evaluates the association between gut microbiome and dietary determinants and vaccine response. This study aims to learn if diet and the microbes (such as bacteria and viruses) found in your gut affect the body's immune response to the influenza vaccine.

Delineating Gut Microbiome and Dietary Determinants Associated With Favorable Vaccine Response

Association Between Gut Microbiome and Dietary Determinants and Vaccine Response

Condition
Influenza
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Houston

M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

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. MD Anderson employees and student employees with existing MRN
  • 2. Must be able to donate blood
  • 3. Participants must be age 18 or older
  • 4. Participants must receive the seasonal influenza vaccine at MD Anderson through Employee Health
  • 5. Participants must consent to gut microbiome profiling, REDCap-based dietary screening questionnaire (Appendix A) and survey (Appendix B), and vaccine immune response testing which requires one stool sample, and two blood draws
  • 1. Participants with a contraindication to the recommended annual influenza vaccine

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,

Jennifer Wargo, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2025-02-28