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INfluenza Vaccine to Effectively Stop Cardio Thoracic Events and Decompensated Heart Failure

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Myocardial Infarction
Interventions
Biological: High Dose Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
Biological: Standard Dose Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine
Registration Number
NCT02787044
Lead Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brief Summary

INVESTED will test the hypothesis that high dose trivalent influenza vaccine will reduce cardiopulmonary events to a greater extent than standard dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine in high-risk cardiovascular patients with a recent history of myocardial infarction or heart failure. The trial will enroll 9300 participants over one Vanguard (pilot) season and three additional influenza seasons. The primary endpoint will be a composite of all-cause mortality or cardiopulmonary hospitalization.

Detailed Description

Influenza leads to significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients with cardiovascular disease. Influenza-related death is more common in patients with cardiovascular disease than any other chronic health condition. Influenza infection has been temporally associated with acute cardiovascular events, such as acute coronary syndrome and acute heart failure. Due to the increased risk for influenza-related complications, annual influenza immunization is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology, and widespread influenza vaccination has been associated with reduced cardiac-related hospital admissions, acute exacerbations of heart failure, and winter mortality. Moreover, a meta-analysis has shown that annual vaccination reduces the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) by 36%, with a more prominent effect in those with recent acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Several lines of evidence suggest that a strategy of utilizing high-dose influenza vaccine in at risk cardiovascular patients would reduce morbidity and mortality. Immune responses to influenza vaccine, normally subject to variability by age and concomitant medical conditions, are substantially reduced in patients with heart failure evidenced by lower vaccine-induced antibody titers compared to healthy controls. In a randomized trial, antibody responses in patients with heart failure were augmented by using a higher dose of influenza vaccine. In a meta-analysis, higher dose influenza vaccination was associated with a 27% reduced risk for MACE compared to standard dose vaccine. A randomized study of high dose versus standard dose influenza vaccine in medically-stable patients over age 65 showed that participants receiving high dose vaccine had a 24% reduced risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza associated with protocol-defined influenza-like-illness, and had a low risk for adverse events. High dose influenza vaccine is FDA approved for use in medically stable adults over the age of 65, but has not been studied for patients under the age of 65 or in those with unstable, high risk medical conditions. The CDC does not preferentially recommend one influenza vaccine over another, and the optimal vaccine formulation that offers the most clinical protection in these high risk patients is unknown.

The high morbidity and health care costs among patients with high risk cardiovascular disease along with the reduced immune responses to standard dose influenza vaccines in patients with heart failure provides a compelling rationale to investigate alternative influenza vaccination strategies in this group. INVESTED is an outcomes study in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart failure (HF) to test whether a four-fold higher dose of trivalent influenza vaccine will reduce morbidity and mortality compared to standard dose quadrivalent vaccine. INVESTED will test the hypothesize that high dose vaccine will reduce the composite of all cause death or cardiopulmonary hospitalizations in this population, with the following specific aims:

Specific Aim 1. To test the hypothesis that high dose trivalent influenza vaccine will reduce the composite of death or cardiopulmonary events compared with standard dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine in high-risk cardiovascular patients. Patients with recent AMI or HF hospitalization will be randomized to high dose versus standard dose vaccine for up to three influenza seasons. The primary endpoint will be time to first occurrence of death or cardiopulmonary hospitalization within each influenza season. Hospitalizations will be ascertained utilizing multiple approaches (phone, patient report, and electronic health records). Key secondary outcome measures will include total (first and recurrent) cardiopulmonary hospitalizations or death, time to first occurrence of cardiovascular death or cardiopulmonary hospitalization, time to occurrence of all-cause death or cardiopulmonary hospitalization across all enrolled influenza seasons, time to occurrence of all-cause death, and time to first occurrence of cardiopulmonary hospitalizations.

Specific Aim 2. To test the hypothesis that antibody titers to influenza vaccine antigens are associated with cardiopulmonary outcomes. In a subset of participants, antibody titers by hemagglutination inhibition assays to influenza vaccine antigens at baseline and at 4 weeks following randomization will be determined, corresponding to achievement of maximal antibody titer levels after vaccination. The association between geometric mean titers post-vaccination and the occurrence of death or cardiopulmonary hospitalization (primary outcome measure of Specific Aim 1) will be assessed.

Other key correlative study (immune) outcome measures will include:

Change in antibody titers at 4 weeks post-vaccination from baseline to influenza vaccine antigens Seroconversion (demonstration of 4-fold rise in antibody concentrations from baseline) and seroprotection (demonstration of antibody titer level of 1:40) to A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B-type vaccine antigens

The results of this trial have the potential to inform health care policy regarding optimal influenza vaccination for individuals with high risk cardiovascular disease, which may in turn reduce morbidity from this annual threat to health stability in patients with cardiovascular conditions.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5388
Inclusion Criteria
  • >= 18 years of age

  • history of hospitalization for myocardial infarction within 1 year of enrollment OR a history of hospitalization for heart failure within 2 years of enrollment

  • At least one of the following additional risk factors:

    • Prior MI (if HF the index event above; or a second MI)
    • Prior HF hospitalization (if MI the index event above; or a second HF event)
    • Age ≥ 65
    • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40%
    • Diabetes mellitus
    • Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
    • Renal impairment (eGFR ≤ 60)
    • History of ischemic stroke
    • History of peripheral artery disease
    • Current smoking
Exclusion Criteria
  • Known allergy, hypersensitivity (anaphylaxis), or Guillain-Barré Syndrome within 6 weeks after influenza vaccine
  • Any non-cardiac condition that in the opinion of the investigator would lead to life expectancy less than 9 months.
  • Receipt of influenza vaccine during current influenza season
  • Any illness requiring treatment with antibiotics or anti-inflammatory medication within the past 14 days.
  • Any fever over 100 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius within the past 7 days.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
High Dose Influenza VaccineHigh Dose Trivalent Influenza VaccineHigh Dose Influenza Vaccine
Standard Dose Influenza VaccineStandard Dose Quadrivalent Influenza VaccineStandard Dose Influenza Vaccine
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
All-Cause Death or Cardiopulmonary Hospitalization Within Each Vaccination SeasonUp to 1 year from vaccination (repeats seasonally)

Number of patients with first occurrence of death or cardiopulmonary hospitalization within each vaccination season

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cardiovascular Death or Hospitalization Within Each Vaccination SeasonUp to one year from vaccination

Number of patients with first cardiovascular death or cardiovascular hospitalization within each influenza season

All-Cause MortalityUp to 3 years

Number of patients with first occurrence of all-cause mortality

Death or Cardiopulmonary Hospitalization Across Enrolling SeasonsUp to three years

First cardiopulmonary Hospitalization or all-cause death across enrolling seasons

Total Cardiopulmonary Hospitalizations or DeathUp to 3 years

Total (first and recurrent) cardiopulmonary hospitalizations or death

Trial Locations

Locations (190)

Bond Community Health Center, Inc.

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Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Loyola University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Maywood, Illinois, United States

Morehouse School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Hospital

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

Louis A Johnson VAMC

🇺🇸

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States

Marshfield Clinic

🇺🇸

Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

Apple Hills Medical Associates

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Heart Care Research

🇨🇦

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Mount Sinai Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Prairie Vascular Research Inc.

🇨🇦

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Chicago Medicine

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cleveland Clinic

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Ohio State University

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

University of Pittsburgh

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Women's College Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Inpatient Research Corporation

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Abbott Northwestern Hospital

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Montreal Heart Institute

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Alaska Heart & Vascular Institute

🇺🇸

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Darthmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

University of Arizona- Sarver Heart Center

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Lourdes Cardiology Services

🇺🇸

Voorhees, New Jersey, United States

Banner University Medicine North

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Palmetto Research Center, LLC

🇺🇸

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Victoria Heart Institute Foundation

🇨🇦

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Washington DC VAMC

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

VAMC Memphis

🇺🇸

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

NYU Langone Medical Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

The Heart Clinic of Hamond

🇺🇸

Hammond, Louisiana, United States

QEII Health Sciences

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

University of Calgary

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Kelowna General Hospital

🇨🇦

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

WJB Dorn VAMC

🇺🇸

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

University of Alberta Hospital- Mazankoski Heart Institute

🇨🇦

Edmonton, British Columbia, Canada

Manna Research Inc. (Montreal)

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Nebraska Heart Institute- Grand Island

🇺🇸

Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Cardio Assoc. of the Del. Valley- Elmer

🇺🇸

Elmer, New Jersey, United States

Centre hospitalier régional de Lanaudière

🇨🇦

St-Charles Borromee, Quebec, Canada

Manna Research Inc. (Vancouver)

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver General Hospital - Gordon Leslie Diamond Centre

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Northwest Echocardiolography

🇨🇦

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

VA Caribbean Healthcare System

🇵🇷

San Juan, Puerto Rico

CIUSSS NÎM Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Birmingham VAMC

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of Alabama Hypertension Program

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

UCSF Medical Center

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

Oregon Health & Science

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

VA Portland Health Care Systems (VAPHCS)

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Meharry Medical College

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee Valley Healthcare Systems-Nashville

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Vanderbilt University

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

University of Utah

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Mayo Clinic

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Medical College of Wisconsin

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Aurora Research Institute, LLC

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Celement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System

🇺🇸

Loma Linda, California, United States

Long Beach VAMC

🇺🇸

Long Beach, California, United States

Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants

🇺🇸

Clearwater, Florida, United States

VA San Diego Healthcare System

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

CAVHS

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Heart Center Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Charlotte Heart Group Research Center

🇺🇸

Port Charlotte, Florida, United States

VA West Haven

🇺🇸

West Haven, Connecticut, United States

Piedmont Heart Institute

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta VA Health Care System

🇺🇸

Decatur, Georgia, United States

Chicago Medical Research

🇺🇸

Hazel Crest, Illinois, United States

Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center

🇺🇸

North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Krannert Institute of Cardiology

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Central DuPage Hospital

🇺🇸

Winfield, Illinois, United States

The University of Kansas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Manna Research (Stoney Creek)

🇨🇦

Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada

VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System

🇺🇸

Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

Brigham and Women's Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cardio. Assoc. of the Del. Valley- Haddon Heights

🇺🇸

Haddon Heights, New Jersey, United States

Pentucket Medical Associates

🇺🇸

Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States

Austin Heart San Marcos

🇺🇸

San Marcos, Texas, United States

Temple University

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Cardio. Assoc. of the Del. Valley- Sewell

🇺🇸

Sewell, New Jersey, United States

Boston/West Roxbury VA Hospital

🇺🇸

West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

VA Boston Healthcase System

🇺🇸

West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Providence VA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Charles George VA

🇺🇸

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

HealthPartners - Riverside Research

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

New York Presbyterian Queens Bayside/Whitestone

🇺🇸

Flushing, New York, United States

St. David's Heath & Vascular PLLC

🇺🇸

Round Rock, Texas, United States

Houston Heart & Vascular Associates

🇺🇸

Kingwood, Texas, United States

St. Boniface Hospital/University of Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

TotalCardiology

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

St. Joseph's Health Care

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Brampton Research Assocaites

🇨🇦

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

SMH Cardiology Clinical

🇨🇦

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Carient Heart & Vascular

🇺🇸

Manassas, Virginia, United States

The CARe Clinic (Central Alberta Research)

🇨🇦

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

St. Paul's Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. James Cha

🇨🇦

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Manna Research Inc. (Burlington North)

🇨🇦

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

PACE

🇨🇦

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Sewa Ram Singal Med Prof Corporation

🇨🇦

North York, Ontario, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. R. Labonte Professional Medicine Corporation

🇨🇦

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Brooklyn, New York, United States

NYPQ - Cardiology Outpatient Clinic

🇺🇸

Flushing, New York, United States

Winthrop University Hospital

🇺🇸

Mineola, New York, United States

New York Presbyterian

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Stony Brook University Hospital

🇺🇸

Stony Brook, New York, United States

HealthEast Medical Research Institute

🇺🇸

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

University of Iowa

🇺🇸

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants-Largo

🇺🇸

Largo, Florida, United States

St. Vincent Medical Group

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Washington University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

ITB Research

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

South Texas Veterans Healthcare System

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Albany Medical College

🇺🇸

Albany, New York, United States

New York Presbyterian/Queens

🇺🇸

Flushing, New York, United States

Toronto General Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University of California Davis Medical Center

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

VA Ann Harbor Healthcare System

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants-SH

🇺🇸

Safety Harbor, Florida, United States

Peidmont Fayette

🇺🇸

Fayetteville, Georgia, United States

Northwester Medicine Lake Forest

🇺🇸

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

UnityPoint Health Methodist

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

ENRM VA Hospital

🇺🇸

Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Charles River Medical Associates

🇺🇸

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

VA St. Louis Health Care System

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

St. Louis University

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

New York VA

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Columbia University Medical Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Duke

🇺🇸

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Heart House Research Foundation

🇺🇸

Springfield, Ohio, United States

Houston Methodist Research Institute-CCAT Pearland

🇺🇸

Pearland, Texas, United States

Baylor Scott and White Research Institute

🇺🇸

Temple, Texas, United States

STAR Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

George E. Wahlen Dept of VA Affairs Medical Center

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Gundersen Clinic

🇺🇸

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Inova Heart and Vascular Institute

🇺🇸

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

University of Sherbrooke

🇨🇦

Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada

G.A Research Associates Ltd.

🇨🇦

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Cambridge Cardiac Care Center

🇨🇦

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Manna Research Inc. (Burlington South)

🇨🇦

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Alan David Bell

🇨🇦

Downsview, Ontario, Canada

Vizel Cardiac Research

🇨🇦

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton Health Sciences General Hospital/ McMaste

🇨🇦

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Queen's University CardioPulmonary Unit

🇨🇦

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Dixie Medical Group

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

North York General Hospital

🇨🇦

North York, Ontario, Canada

Montfort Hospital and Ottawa Cardiovascular Centre

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Kawartha Cardiology

🇨🇦

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Scarborough General Hospital

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Heart Function Clinic Queensway Carleton

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

St. Catherines Hospital

🇨🇦

St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada

Health Sciences North Research Institute

🇨🇦

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Dr. D. Shukla Professional Medicine Corporation

🇨🇦

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center

🇨🇦

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

University of Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CISSS de Laval, Hopital Cite de la Sante

🇨🇦

Laval, Quebec, Canada

iHealthCentre

🇨🇦

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Jewish General Hospital

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

McGill University Health Centre

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

IUCPQ

🇨🇦

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

CISSSI- Hopital Pierre-Le Gardeur

🇨🇦

Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Robley Rex VA

🇺🇸

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Kansas City VA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Ochsner Health System- Baton Rouge

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Austin Heart- Heart Hospital

🇺🇸

Austin, Texas, United States

University of Wisconsin

🇺🇸

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Willam S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

🇺🇸

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

OneFlorida CDRN

🇺🇸

Gainesville, Florida, United States

University of Hawaii

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

N FL/S GA Veterans Health System

🇺🇸

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

University of Wisconsin Madison

🇺🇸

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

New Mexico VA Health Care System

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

University of Rochester Medical Center

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

CK Hui Heart Centre, Royal Alexandra Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Dr. MPJ Senaratne Professional Corporation

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

VA Medical Center White River Junction

🇺🇸

White River Junction, Vermont, United States

Centre Hospitalier de Regional Trois-Rivieres

🇨🇦

Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

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