Status:

TERMINATED

Vaccination Response in Individual Monozygotic Twins

Lead Sponsor:

Michigan State University

Conditions:

Individuality

Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Brief Summary

Respiratory viruses are known to be risk factors for asthma (e.g respiratory syncytial viruses, RSVs, and Human Rhinoviruses, HRVs, may induce bronchiolitis, and wheezing illnesses respectively). The ...

Detailed Description

Asthma pathogenesis and exacerbations have been associated to multiple risk factors, particularly respiratory viruses. In children respiratory syncytial viruses (RSVs) may induce bronchiolitis, and Hu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Volunteers are eligible to participate in this study if both they and their twin sibling have agreed to participate. If after their enrollment in the study, one of the twin siblings decides to withdraw, then:
  • If one sibling withdraws during Year 1, the other sibling will be allowed to continue their participation in the study and to complete the current study Year. However they will not be included in the randomly selected applicants that will continue participation in Year 2 of the study.
  • If one sibling withdraws duringYear2, the other sibling will be able to conclude Year2 study activities. -

Exclusion

  • Volunteer is under18.
  • Presence of any medical conditions that the study investigators believe will affect participation in the study or its results.
  • Presence of a mental incapacity and/or cognitive impairment that would prevent a subject from adequately understanding, or cooperating with, the study protocol.
  • Volunteers with any severe allergies (life-threatening) or that have ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction after a dose of flu vaccine, or have a known severe allergy to any part of this vaccine, will be advised not to participate.
  • If a potential subject has ever had Guillain-Barré Syndrome (a severe paralyzing illness, also called GBS), they will be advised not to get the influenza vaccine and be excluded from this study.
  • For female participants If they are already enrolled and become pregnant during this study, the investigators will temporarily withdraw them from the study from the day they become pregnant. If they would like to stay in the study, the investigators may continue their participation after their delivery.
  • If participants are not feeling well on the scheduled day of vaccination the investigators will suggest that they postpone the vaccination until they feel better. If they agree, the vaccination will be re-scheduled for a later date.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02296359

Start Date

October 1 2014

End Date

August 1 2015

Last Update

August 14 2015

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Clinical and Translational Science Institute

East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824