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CompletedNCT03344029Updated Apr 25, 2022

Immunogenicity and Safety of the Shenzhen Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Versus a Trivalent Influenza Vaccine Comparator in Chinese Subjects 18 to 59 Years

A Phase 4 interventional study of SP Shz TIV and Hualan TIV in Influenza and Flu, sponsored by Sanofi. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 59 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-25.

Sponsored by Sanofi · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

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Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,600
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 59 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-15

Among 139 studies in Influenza, Human by Sanofi — 4 open to participants now, 6 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Influenza, Human · Sanofi.

Enrollment
20th of 126
1,600 · median 305
Started
2017
with 4 others
Phase 4
33 of 139
none open now
Registered
89th of 139
by date

Among the 139 studies in Influenza, Human by Sanofi, this one is the 20th largest by enrollment of the 126 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 5 that started in 2017, is one of 33 in phase 4, and was the 89th registered.

Influenza, Human

2,358 studies on the registry are indexed under Influenza, Human; 184 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

4 of the 139 studies in Influenza, Human by Sanofi are open now, in 3 countries. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 121 Influenza, Human studies recruiting now, 66 (55%) set no upper age limit and 45 (37%) stop at 75 or younger; 33 take children under 18; 67 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 59 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

This was a blind-observer, monocenter, randomized, comparative, Phase IV study designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the Sanofi Pasteur Shenzhen Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (SP Shz TIV) versus the Trivalent Influenza Vaccine manufactured by Hualan Biological Engineering Inc (Hualan TIV) comparator in healthy Chinese participants aged 18 to 59 years.

Read the detailed description

This study is designed to demonstrate the non-inferiority of the immune response in terms of geometric mean titers (GMTs) and seroconversion rates for the 3 strains (A/H1N1, A-H3N2, and B) after a single dose of either the SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV. Vaccine immune responses will be assessed on Day 0 (pre-vaccination) and Day 28 post-vaccination. Solicited reactions will be collected from Day 0 up to Day 7 after vaccination, unsolicited non-serious adverse events (AEs) will be collected from Day 0 up to Day 28 post-vaccination, and serious AEs will be collected from Day 0 up to 6 months post-vaccination.

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Conditions studied

  • Influenza
  • Flu

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Keywords

  • Influenza
  • Flu
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 59 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Aged ≥ 18 to 59 years on the day of inclusion
  • form has been signed and dated
  • Able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all trial procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject is pregnant, or lactating, or of and not using an effective method of or abstinence from at least 4 weeks prior to vaccination until at least 4 weeks after vaccination. To be considered of non- childbearing potential, a female must be for at least 1 year or surgically sterile
  • Participation at the time of study enrollment (or in the 4 weeks preceding the trial vaccination) or planned participation during the present trial period in another clinical trial investigating a vaccine, drug, medical device, or medical procedure
  • Receipt of any vaccine or planned receipt of any vaccine within the period from 2 weeks before trial vaccination to 2 weeks following trial vaccination
  • Previous vaccination against influenza (in the previous 6 months) with either the trial vaccines or another vaccine
  • Receipt of immune globulins, blood or blood-derived product in the past 3 months
  • Known or suspected congenital or acquired immunodeficiency; or receipt of therapy, such as anti-cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy, within the preceding 6 months; or long-term systemic therapy (prednisone or equivalent for more than 2 consecutive weeks within the past 3 months)
  • Known systemic to any of the vaccines components, or history of a life-threatening reaction to the vaccines used in the trial or to a vaccine containing any of the same substances
  • Self-reported thrombocytopenia contraindicating intramuscular vaccination
  • Bleeding disorder, or receipt of anticoagulants in the 3 weeks preceding inclusion, contraindicating intramuscular vaccination
  • Deprived of freedom by an administrative or court order, or in an emergency setting, or hospitalized involuntarily
  • Current alcohol abuse or drug addiction
  • Chronic illness that, in the opinion of the Investigator, is at a stage where it might interfere with trial conduct or completion
  • Moderate or severe acute illness/infection (according to Investigator judgment) on the day of vaccination or febrile illness (axillary temperature ≥ 37.1°C). A prospective subject should not be included in the study until the condition has resolved or the febrile event has subsided
  • Receipt of oral or injectable antibiotic therapy within 72 hours prior to the first blood draw
  • Identified as an Investigator or employee of the Investigator or study center with direct involvement in the proposed study, or identified as an immediate family member (i.e., parent, spouse, natural or adopted child) of the Investigator or employee with direct involvement in the proposed study
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
1,600 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    SP Shz TIV

    Participants aged 18 to 59 years will receive a single injection of SP Shz TIV.

    Biological: SP Shz TIV

  • Active comparator
    Hualan TIV

    Participants aged 18 to 59 years will receive a single injection of Hualan TIV.

    Biological: Hualan TIV

Interventions

  • BiologicalSP Shz TIV

    0.5 mL, intramuscular into the deltoid muscle, single injection on Day 0

    Also known as: Sanofi Pasteur Shenzhen Trivalent Influenza Vaccine

  • BiologicalHualan TIV

    0.5 mL, intramuscular into the deltoid muscle, single injection on Day 0

    Also known as: Hualan Trivalent Influenza Vaccine

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Summary of Geometric Mean Titers (GMTs) of Each of the Three Strains of TIV Antibodies Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    GMTs were assessed using the hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) assay.

    Time frame: Day 28 post-vaccination

  2. Percentage of Participants with TIV Seroconversion Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    Seroconversion rates were assessed using a HAI assay. Seroconversion was defined as titers \<10 (1/dil) at Day 0 and post-injection titer ≥40 (1/dil) at Day 28, or titer ≥10 (1/dil) at Day 0 and a ≥4-fold increase in titer (1/dil) at Day 28.

    Time frame: Day 28 post-vaccination

Secondary outcomes

  1. GMTs of TIV Antibodies Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    GMTs were assessed using the HAI assay.

    Time frame: Day 28 post-vaccination

  2. GMT Ratios of TIV Antibodies Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    GMTs were assessed using the HAI assay.

    Time frame: Day 28 post-vaccination

  3. Percentage of Participants with TIV Antibody Titers ≥10 (1/dil) Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    TIV antibody levels were assessed using the HAI assay.

    Time frame: Day 28 post-vaccination

  4. Percentage of Participants with TIV Antibody Titers ≥40 (1/dil) Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    TIV antibody levels were assessed using the HAI assay.

    Time frame: Day 28 post-vaccination

  5. Percentage of Participants Reporting Solicited Injection site or Systemic Reactions Following a Single Dose of SP Shz TIV or Hualan TIV

    Solicited injection site reactions: Pain, Erythema, Swelling, Induration, and Ecchymosis. Solicited systemic reactions: Fever, Headache, Malaise, Myalgia, and Shivering

    Time frame: Day 0 up to Day 7 post-vaccination

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sanofi Pasteur Investigational Site 001
    Huai'an, 223300, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Hu Y, Chu K, Lavis N, Li X, Liang B, Liu S, Shao M, Shu JD, Tabar C, Samson S. Immunogenicity and safety of a trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine produced in Shenzhen, China versus a comparator influenza vaccine: a phase IV randomized study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019;15(5):1066-1069. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1581541. Epub 2019 Apr 2. PubMed 30779689 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Qualified researchers may request access to patient level data and related study documents including the clinical study report, study protocol with any amendments, blank case report form, statistical analysis plan, and dataset specifications. Patient level data will be anonymized and study documents will be redacted to protect the privacy of trial participants. Further details on Sanofi's data sharing criteria, eligible studies, and process for requesting access can be found at: https://vivli.org

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Nov 2017 to primary completion in May 2018, 6 months.

Of 37 industry-sponsored phase 4 interventional studies under Influenza, Human, half reached primary completion within 3 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 6. This study's 6 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 138 studies reached it within 14 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 37.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 9, 2017
First posted
Nov 17, 2017
StartActual
Nov 3, 2017
Primary completionActual
May 22, 2018
CompletionActual
May 22, 2018
Last update
Apr 25, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 25, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03344029
Lead sponsor
Sanofi
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 17, 2017
Start date
Nov 3, 2017
Primary completion
May 22, 2018
Completion
May 22, 2018
Last update
Apr 25, 2022

Study contacts

Medical Director
study director · Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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