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Virus Therapy

Safety and Immune Response Study of GSK Biologicals' Influenza Virus Vaccine 1388442A Compared With Fluarix

Phase 1
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up during the 90-day (days 0-89) post-vaccination period
Awards & highlights
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the safety of \& immune response to a single dose of GSK Biologicals' cell-culture based influenza vaccine 138842A with that of a US licensed, egg-based trivalent influenza vaccine \[Fluarix\] in healthy adults.

Eligible Conditions
  • Influenza

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~during the 90-day (days 0-89) post-vaccination period
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and during the 90-day (days 0-89) post-vaccination period for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Geometric Mean Fold-rise (GMFR) in 3 Strains of Influenza Disease.
Number of Seroconverted Subjects Against 3 Strains of Influenza Disease.
Number of Seroprotected Subjects Against 3 Strains of Influenza Disease.
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Side effects data

From 2009 Phase 1 trial • 200 Patients • NCT00693706
48%
Pain
24%
Headache
19%
Fatigue
15%
Muscle aches
1%
Abortion spontaneous
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Study treatment Arm
GSK 1388442A Group
Fluarix Group

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.
No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: GSK 1388442A GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Subjects aged 18 to 49 years of age at the time of vaccination received 1 dose of GSK 1388442A vaccine at Day 0. The GSK 1388442A vaccine was administered intramuscularly in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm.
Group II: Fluarix GroupActive Control1 Intervention
Subjects aged 18 to 49 years of age at the time of vaccination received 1 dose of Fluarix® vaccine at Day 0. The Fluarix® vaccine was administered intramuscularly in the deltoid region of the non-dominant arm.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Trivalent influenza vaccine GSK 138842A
2008
Completed Phase 1
~200

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Logistics

Participation is compensated

You will be compensated for participating in this trial.

Who is running the clinical trial?

GlaxoSmithKlineLead Sponsor
4,815 Previous Clinical Trials
8,383,990 Total Patients Enrolled
GSK Clinical TrialsStudy DirectorGlaxoSmithKline
3,609 Previous Clinical Trials
6,145,359 Total Patients Enrolled
~11 spots leftby Jan 2026