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Efficacy and Safety of Influenza Vaccine During Sarcoidosis

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Sarcoidosis
Influenza Vaccine
Interventions
Drug: Seasonal influenza vaccine available for the 2012-2013 vaccine campaign
Registration Number
NCT01687517
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease of unknown origin that can affect all organs, especially the lungs and mediastinum. Some location of sarcoidosis may require treatment with corticosteroids or immunosuppressors.Although seasonal influenza vaccination can be recommended in sarcoidosis in some subgroups at risk (respiratory failure, pulmonary fibrosis, age over 65, use of immunosuppressive therapy, etc ...), the investigators presently have no data on the efficacy and safety (absence of adverse reactions) of seasonal influenza vaccination in sarcoidosis.Especially it is not known whether the seasonal influenza vaccine provides the same rate and same type of vaccine response in sarcoidosis patients than in the general population. Similarly, it is unclear whether the vaccine response is modified by the severity of the disease and treatment with corticosteroids and immunosuppressors.Based on what is known in systemic lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, which are both inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, the investigators expect at best a 50% vaccine response in patients with sarcoidosis and a 85% vaccination response in healthy controls. The demonstration of a vaccine response could allow reconsidering new vaccine approaches in sarcoidosis.

Detailed Description

Data on vaccination in sarcoidosis are largely insufficient. It is thus unclear whether the vaccine response is modified according to the clinical phenotype of the disease and/or treatment with corticosteroids and immunosuppressants. However, sarcoidosis is accompanied by numerous disturbances of the immune system, including a tendency to anergy which may affect the efficacy of the vaccine, especially when the disease is active and severe. In addition, the tolerance of influenza vaccination in patients with sarcoidosis has not been studied yet.The influenza vaccination in sarcoidosis is a common practice among medical specialists who care for patients with sarcoidosis, either internists or lung specialists.. However, the practice of this vaccination is not based on scientific evidence, because there are no data establishing the efficacy and safety of influenza vaccination in sarcoidosis.Thus, it is possible that the influenza vaccine is less immunogenic in patients with sarcoidosis than in healthy adults, which may reduce the clinical effectiveness of vaccination. It therefore seems essential to determine the efficacy and safety of this vaccine, which is widely practiced. Poor efficiency could lead to the development of different vaccination strategies, based in particular on the administration of adjuvanted vaccines.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
190
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PatientSeasonal influenza vaccine available for the 2012-2013 vaccine campaign90 patients suffering from sarcoidosis
VolunteerSeasonal influenza vaccine available for the 2012-2013 vaccine campaign100 volunteers
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Humoral immunogenicity21 days post-vaccination

Humoral immunogenicity of the vaccine will be measured 3 weeks after injection of influenza vaccine (day 21) by comparison of the seroconversion rates between patients with sarcoidosis and the control group of healthy subjects.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Auto immunity activityAt Day 0, at Day 21 and at 6 months post-vaccination

Comparison of autoantibody levels before and after vaccination (anti-nuclear total, rheumatoid factor, anti-GM1 measured at D0, D21 and D180) in all individuals included in the study.

Long term immune responseAt 6 months post-vaccination

Comparison of the persistence of the immune response between patients with sarcoidosis and control subjects at D180

Immunogenicityat Day 0, Day 21 and Day 180

Effect of the initial clinical phenotype (including disease activity score) on the seroconversion and seroprotection rates, and the seroconversion factor, at each visit

Clinical phenotypeat Day 21 and Day 180

Descriptive study of the evolution of clinical phenotype (eg, severity of illness) after vaccination at D21 and D180

Effect of therapy on immunogenicityat Day 21 and Day 180

Effect of the dose of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive therapy on the seroconversion and seroprotection rates and seroconversion factor at D21 and D180;

Immunogenicity between groupsat Day 0, Day 21 and Day 180

Comparison of the seroprotection rate and the seroconversion factor between patients with sarcoidosis and the control group of healthy subjects at D21 and D180 post-vaccination.

Lymphocytes subpopulations analysisAt Day 0 and at 21 days post-vaccination

Comparison between D0 and D21 of the distributions in absolute values and percentages of circulating lymphocyte subpopulations, in particular mucosal "homing" CD4+ lymphocytes, in all individuals included in the study;

Regulatory T LymphocytesAt Day 0 and Day 21

Effect of the regulatory T cells titers on the seroconversion and seroprotection rates, and the seroconversion factor at D0

Disease activity evolutionat Day 0, Day 21 and Day 180

Effect of the CD4+-CD103+ T cells + at J0 and its evolution between J0 and J21 days based on the scalability of sarcoidosis evaluated by 1/changes in serum enzyme angiotensin converting, IgG, IgA IgM,; 2/ the comparative pulmonary radiological changes and 3/ the in pulmonary function changes between day 0 and day 180.

Other immune responseBetween Day 0 to 6 months post-vaccination

Seroprevalence and comparison between D0 and D180 of anti-diphtheria toxin and anti-tetanus toxin in all individuals included.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hotel-Dieu Hospital

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Paris, France

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