An observational study in Post Influenza, sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-22.
Sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Observational
Background:
- Influenza is a common viral infection, but it can be deadly for some people. Researchers want to learn more about how the body fights this virus. They want to study this in people who have recently been infected with influenza. They hope this can help them create more effective influenza vaccines.
Objective:
- To learn about long-term changes in the body s immune system after influenza infection.
Eligibility:
- People who have completed a previous LID Clinical Studies Unit influenza challenge study or current or prior participation in an LID natural history study and are willing to have samples stored for future research.
Design:
Circulating anti-influenza antibodies are an important factor in predicting clinical illness and severity in those infected with influenza. Specific antibodies against influenza include proteins targeting hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). Lifelong immunity does not occur with influenza, either from natural infection or from vaccination. Due to the antigenic variation of Influenza A, individuals may become infected multiple times with the same subtype of influenza and even with the same strain. In the setting of natural infection and vaccination, antibody titer levels can persist initially, but then wane over time.
In our previous challenge studies, measurements of antibody responses have been focused solely on the acute infection period up to 2 months after initial infection. Long-term changes in immunity have not been investigated. The challenge setting gives us the unique ability to follow individuals from a specific, known and well-characterized exposure/illness to measure long-term changes in antibody titers from a pre-exposure baseline. This study could offer unique insight into how anti-influenza antibody titers change over time naturally and in response to other infections and life events. This type of controlled study has never been done and we believe monitoring titers long-term will help us better understand protective correlates of influenza.
In this natural history study, we will follow individuals who have undergone influenza challenge or have been naturally infected with influenza to evaluate changes in anti-influenza antibody titers over a 2-year period. Subjects will be followed for symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) and other changes in clinical status through quarterly clinical evaluations with blood draws. Monthly questionnaires will be used to follow subjects in between visits.
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Healthy volunteers after influenza challenge and patients after natural influenza infection
Completion of participation in an LID Clinical Studies Unit influenza challenge study or current or prior participation in an LID natural history study.
CO-ENROLLMENT GUIDELINES:
Participants may be co-enrolled in other research studies. This will be addressed on a case-by-case basis with the approval of the principal investigator (PI) or associate investigator.
If a participant enrolls in another influenza challenge study, the participant will be removed from this study. The participant can re-enroll in this study after completion of the influenza challenge study and will be followed for two years following completion of the most recent influenza challenge study.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Any condition or event that, in the PI s opinion, may substantially increase the risk associated with study participation or compromise the study s scientific objectives. Conditions that exclude a subject are considered to be unlikely, but an example would include a newly diagnosed medical condition that may alter a participant s immune system and make it unsafe to obtain scheduled blood samples for research purposes.
Post influenza infection
To characterize the timing of peak antibody response to hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) post influenza challenge or after natural infection To evaluate the long-term variability of hemagglutinin inhibition (HAI) and neuraminidase inhib...
Trend of HAI titer over multiple time points Trend of NAI titer over multiple time points
Time frame: 2 years
To correlate changes in clinical status such as influenza-like illness (ILI) or vaccinations with changes in antibody titers and other immune measures
Change in HAI titer before and after change in clinical status Change in NAI titer before and after change in clinical status
Time frame: 2 years
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