ongitudinal follow-up of the new influenza A/H1N1 virus infection in vivo and in vitro in healthy volunteers
- Conditions
- fluinfluenza A (H1N1)10047438
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34108
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
- Able and willing to give written informed consent
- Age 18-85 years
- PCR-confirmed new influenza A/H1N1 infection with symptoms present for less than 4 days.
- Therapy within the previous 60 days with:
* any experimental drug
* monoclonal antibodies
* growth factors
* other anti-cytokines
- Therapy within the previous 28 days with:
* anti-viral medication
* parenteral corticoid injections
* oral corticosteroid therapy exceeding a prednisone equivalent of 10 mg daily
- Any clinically significant medical condition
- Mental condition rendering the patient unable to understand the nature, scope and
possible consequences of the study and/or evidence of an uncooperative attitude
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>A. Frequency of in-vitro responding clones during follow-up of the new<br /><br>influenza<br /><br>A/H1N1 virus infection.<br /><br>B. Functional characterization of individual responding clones.<br /><br>C. Correlation of T-cell responses with antibody responses.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>A. antibody titers of 1:40 or more on hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) assay to<br /><br>quantify the presence of specific antigens.</p><br>