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Intradermal Influenza Vaccination

Early Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
Vaccine Reaction
Interventions
Device: MicronJet
Other: Bacteriostatic Saline
Biological: Fluzone® Quadrivalent
Registration Number
NCT06067555
Lead Sponsor
Yale University
Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to characterize the immune response, both innate and adaptive, as well as locally and systemic, to intradermal (ID) vaccination in healthy individuals. The intervention involves intradermal administration of an FDA-approved intramuscular seasonal influenza vaccine, using an FDA-approved device MicronJet. Investigators will measure antibody titers, cell subtypes, and multi-omic profiles, by collecting skin and peripheral blood at baseline and at several time points after vaccination. The primary objective is to identify baseline correlates of immune response in the skin and peripheral blood to the seasonal influenza vaccine. The investigators secondary goals are to describe the inflammatory response in the skin over time.

Detailed Description

Subjects will remain on study and may optionally repeat study visits (including vaccination) annually through the 2025-26 influenza season, with final study follow-up up to 1 year after vaccination. Sampling individual subjects across several influenza seasons will allow for monitoring of multi-season responses.

Skin, blood, nasal mucosal lining fluid, nasopharyngeal cells, saliva, and skin microbe samples will be collected at various timepoints before and up to 365 days after vaccination to explore short and long-term effects of immunization. Subjects may optionally provide stool samples.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
249
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ID-28dayMicronJetParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 3 days after vaccine administration.
Sal-2hourMicronJetA control group in which bacteriostatic saline is injected intradermally in lieu of influenza vaccine. A skin biopsy will be taken from the "vaccination" site 2 hours after administration.
Sal-2hourBacteriostatic SalineA control group in which bacteriostatic saline is injected intradermally in lieu of influenza vaccine. A skin biopsy will be taken from the "vaccination" site 2 hours after administration.
ID-1dayFluzone® QuadrivalentParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 1 day after vaccine administration.
Sal-1hourBacteriostatic SalineA control group in which bacteriostatic saline is injected intradermally in lieu of influenza vaccine. A skin biopsy will be taken from the "vaccination" site 1 day after administration.
ID-2hourMicronJetParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 2 hours after vaccine administration.
ID-2hourFluzone® QuadrivalentParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 2 hours after vaccine administration.
Sal-6hourMicronJetA control group in which bacteriostatic saline is injected intradermally in lieu of influenza vaccine. A skin biopsy will be taken from the "vaccination" site 6 hours after administration.
Intramuscular (IM) ControlFluzone® QuadrivalentAn intramuscular control group, from which no skin biopsies will be taken after vaccination. Only the intramuscular cohort will receive the flu vaccine via standard IM route in the deltoid region of the upper arm.
ID-6hourMicronJetParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 6 hours after vaccine administration.
ID-6hourFluzone® QuadrivalentParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 6 hours after vaccine administration.
ID-3dayFluzone® QuadrivalentParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 3 days after vaccine administration.
Sal-6hourBacteriostatic SalineA control group in which bacteriostatic saline is injected intradermally in lieu of influenza vaccine. A skin biopsy will be taken from the "vaccination" site 6 hours after administration.
Sal-1hourMicronJetA control group in which bacteriostatic saline is injected intradermally in lieu of influenza vaccine. A skin biopsy will be taken from the "vaccination" site 1 day after administration.
ID-1dayMicronJetParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 1 day after vaccine administration.
ID-3dayMicronJetParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 3 days after vaccine administration.
ID-28dayFluzone® QuadrivalentParticipants receive intradermal flu vaccination in the upper arm and will have skin biopsy of vaccination site 3 days after vaccine administration.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in antibody titer concentration to vaccination-BloodDay 0 and Day 28

Change in antibody titer to vaccination as measured by microneutralization titers at day 0 and day 28 will be correlated with biomarkers in the blood using generalized estimating equations.

Change in antibody titer concentration to vaccination-SkinDay 0 and Day 28

Change in antibody titer to vaccination as measured by microneutralization titers at day 0 and day 28 will be correlated with biomarkers in the skin at baseline using generalized estimating equations.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in antibody titer concentration to vaccinationDay 0 and Day 28

Change in antibody titer response to vaccination as measured by microneutralization titers at day 0 and day 28 and its relationship with established baseline biomarkers (CD38+, CD20+, B cell, among others) and post-vaccination biomarkers (plasmablast, among others) in the blood will be correlated using generalized estimating equations.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Church Street Research Unit

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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