Status:

COMPLETED

VAccination to Improve Clinical outComes in Heart Failure Trial: a Feasibility Study (VACC-HeFT)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Conditions:

Chronic Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

A multi-center, prospective, randomized, open-label blinded-endpoint trial in patients with heart failure will be conducted; 20 will be assigned to the standard dose vaccine dose and 20 patients to hi...

Detailed Description

This is a randomized, double blind, active-control trial of high dose influenza vaccine compared to standard dose influenza vaccine for one season in adult participants with symptomatic heart failure(...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adults \> 18 years old
  • Able to give informed consent
  • Systolic or diastolic dysfunction
  • Previously or currently symptomatic heart failure
  • Stable on current heart failure drug therapy regimen for \> 30 days and no change in heart failure drug therapy regimen on day of enrollment
  • Hospitalization (for any reason) in last 12 months
  • Received influenza vaccination the prior season

Exclusion

  • History of allergic reaction or adverse event to influenza vaccine
  • Documented severe allergy to egg products
  • Unwilling or unable to give consent
  • Moderate to severe acute febrile illness at baseline
  • Immunologic conditions that may affect immune responses per clinical judgment of the investigators
  • Use of immunosuppressants or immunomodulating therapies within 3 months of the study, including prednisone, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, methotrexate, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, and injectable interferons
  • Participation in a clinical trial within 30 days
  • Absence for more than 7 consecutive days during the surveillance period

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

48 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02268500

Start Date

September 1 2014

End Date

May 1 2016

Last Update

June 9 2021

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University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792