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CompletedNCT03777163Updated May 11, 2026

Safety and Immunogenicity of the Butantan Institute Influenza Vaccine Compared to Sanofi Pasteur Influenza Vaccine

A Phase 4 interventional study of Butantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Sanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Influenza, sponsored by Butantan Institute. Completed at 4 sites in Brazil. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 69 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-11.

Sponsored by Butantan Institute · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
632
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 69 Years
Sex
All
01

Study summary

The overall aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Butantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in comparison with the Sanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine.

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To detemine whether immunogenicity elicited by a single-dose Butantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine is not inferior to that elicited by a single dose of Sanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in adult and elderly populations measured by HI GMT for the three vaccine components 21 days post-immunization.

To describe the safety profile of Butantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Sanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine after a single dose in adult and elderly populations.

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Conditions studied

  • Influenza

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Keywords

  • Vaccine
  • Immunization
  • Safety
  • Immunogenicity
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In context

Influenza, Human

2,356 studies on the registry are indexed under Influenza, Human; 184 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 632 is above the median of 227 across 1,957 interventional studies indexed under Influenza, Human.

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Lead sponsor

Butantan Institute is the lead sponsor of 31 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 69 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Adult, male or female, age 18 to 69 years (inclusive) at the time of enrollment;
  • Provide written ;
  • Agrees to complete all study visits, procedures and contacts;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic medical conditions such as psychiatric conditions, diabetes, hypertension or any other conditions that might place the subjects at high risk of adverse events. Study clinicians will use clinical judgment on a case-by-case basis to assess safety risks under this criterion;
  • abnormalities on physical examination;
  • Use of medications such as systemic or chemotherapeutics, or immunosuppressive illness. It will be considered immunosuppressive dose of systemic corticosteroids the equivalent to a dose ≥10 mg of prednisone per day for over 14 days;
  • Women who report being pregnant or have plans to become pregnant during the study period;
  • Participation in research involving another product within 30 days before planned date of first vaccination or anytime through the last study safety visit;
  • Acute febrile illness (axilar temperature ≥ 37.8°C);
  • to egg or chicken proteins;
  • History of Guillain-Barre Syndrome;
  • Thrombocytopenia or a bleeding disorder contraindicating intramuscular vaccination;
  • Unstable chronic illness (defined as illness requiring hospitalization or a clinically significant change in medication in the previous 12 weeks);
  • Alcohol abuse or drug addiction;
  • Any vaccination within the previous 4 weeks;
  • Seasonal influenza vaccination in the previous 6 months.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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.

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Investigational drug or device

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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
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
632 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Butantan Trivalent Influenza Vaccine

    Butantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (IB-TIV): 15 μg influenza A/H1N1 antigen + 15 μg influenza A/H3N2 antigen + 15 μg influenza B antigen Patients will receive one dose (0,5 ml) via intramuscular injection.

    Biological: Butantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

  • Other
    Sanofi Trivalent Influenza Vaccine

    Sanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (IB-TIV): 15 μg influenza A/H1N1 antigen + 15 μg influenza A/H3N2 antigen + 15 μg influenza B antigen Patients will receive one dose (0,5 ml) via intramuscular injection.

    Biological: Sanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

Interventions

  • BiologicalButantan Institute Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

    Butantan Institute and Pasteur-Mérieux (present, Sanofi Pasteur) established a technology transfer in 1999 for the production of a trivalent influenza vaccine of inactivated split-virion using embryonated eggs. The technology transfer followed a progressive approach from importing the finished product, to packaging and quality control test for release (1999), and, finally, to the first batch of influenza vaccine entirely produced by Butantan (2011). In 2013, the Butantan vaccine was registered by the Brazilian National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA).

  • BiologicalSanofi Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine

    VAXIGRIP® was launched in 1968 and since then has been licensed in more than 100 countries and prequalified by WHO in 2011. Several clinical studies by Sanofi Pasteur have examined the safety and immunogenicity of Vaxigrip® in older children (8-10 years), adults (18-59 years), elderly (\> 60 years),11,12 children (six months to three years) 13 and pregnant women.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Geometric Mean Titers of Hemaglutination Inhibition (HI) for each of the three vaccine components.

    HI titers will be determined in serum samples collected before vaccination and 21 days after vaccination from all the subjects.

    Time frame: 21 days

  2. Adverse events occurring over the immediate 30-minute post vaccination

    Immediate Reactogenicity

    Time frame: 30-minute post vaccination

  3. Number of participants with solicited local AE (erythema, swelling, induration, pain, tenderness, ecchymosis, pruritus) until 3 days post vaccination.

    Solicited Local Adverse Events

    Time frame: 3 days post vaccination

  4. Number of participants with solicited systemic AEs (fever, fatigue, malaise, myalgia, arthralgia, chills, nausea, vomiting, and headache) until 3 days post vaccination.

    Solicited Systemic Adverse Events

    Time frame: 3 days post vaccination

  5. Number of participants with unsolicited adverse events up to 3 days after vaccination.

    Unsolicited Adverse Events

    Time frame: 3 days after vaccination.

  6. All adverse reactions with severity graded 3/4 over the entire study period.

    Adverse Reactions with severity graded 3/4

    Time frame: 180 days after vaccination.

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Study locations

4 sites
  • Unidade de Pesquisa Clínica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo 14049900, Brazil
  • Centro de Referências para Imunobiológicos Especiais da Universidade Federal de São Paulo
    São Paulo, São Paulo 01220200, Brazil
  • Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas do Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
    São Paulo, São Paulo 05403 000, Brazil
  • Centro de Referência de Imunobiológicos Especiais (CRIE) Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
    São Paulo, São Paulo 05403-000, Brazil
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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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 Apr 2019 to primary completion in Jan 2020, 8 months.

Of 101 non-industry phase 4 interventional studies under Influenza, Human, half reached primary completion within 19 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 52. This study's 8 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 137 studies reached it within 14 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 37.

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Registered
Dec 12, 2018
First posted
Dec 17, 2018
StartActual
Apr 22, 2019
Primary completionActual
Jan 15, 2020
CompletionActual
Mar 30, 2020
Last update
May 11, 2026
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 May 11, 2026, 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
NCT03777163
Lead sponsor
Butantan Institute
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 17, 2018
Start date
Apr 22, 2019
Primary completion
Jan 15, 2020
Completion
Mar 30, 2020
Last update
May 11, 2026

Study contacts

Alexander Precioso, MD, PhD
study director · Instituto butantan

Oversight

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