Status:

RECRUITING

Immune Responses in Health Care Personnel

Lead Sponsor:

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Collaborating Sponsors:

Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

Conditions:

Influenza

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-64 years

Brief Summary

This is an investigator-initiated 10 year long open cohort observational study, aiming to increase the understanding of the humoral and cellular immunological mechanisms of vaccination against influen...

Detailed Description

Influenza vaccination is given according to the normal routine of Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) occupational health care. Blood samples will be collected before vaccination, 5 weeks ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Members of health care or laboratory personnel in HUS having decided to take the seasonal influenza vaccination by the routine occupational health care service
  • General good health as established by or volunteer's own statement
  • Written informed consent
  • Presumably able and willing to participate in the study during the starting influenza season

Exclusion

  • Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficient condition, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Administration (longer than 14 days) of immunosuppressants or other immune- modifying drugs within 6 months before the vaccination; oral corticosteroids in dosages of 20 mg/day or more prednisolone or equivalent are excluded; inhaled or topical steroids are allowed.
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Acute disease at the time of enrolment (defined as the presence of a moderate or severe illness with or without fever)
  • Contraindication for influenza vaccination
  • Any other criteria which, in the investigator's or dedicated study staff member's opinion, would compromise the ability of a subject to participate in the study, a subject's well-being, or the outcome of the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 18 2017

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 14 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03323112

Start Date

October 18 2017

End Date

October 14 2027

Last Update

August 20 2025

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The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

Helsinki, Finland