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CompletedNCT05308212Updated Nov 8, 2022

Tolerability, Safety and Immunogenicity Trial of the FLU-M® Tetra

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of Flu-M Tetra [Inactivated split influenza vaccine] w/p and Flu-M Tetra [Inactivated split influenza vaccine] w/o/p in Influenza, sponsored by St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera. Completed at 11 sites in Russian Federation. Open to participants aged 60 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-11-08.

Sponsored by St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2021, registered Mar 2022).
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
633
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
60 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Comparative assessment of the tolerability, safety, and immunogenicity of the FLU-M® Tetra quadrivalent inactivated split influenza vaccine and the Ultrix® vaccine in volunteers aged 60 years and above.

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Evaluation of the tolerability, safety and immunogenicity of the inactivated split influenza vaccine FLU-M® Tetra compared to Ultrix® vaccine in volunteers aged 60 years and above.

Volunteers were screened and randomized in three groups: the Flu-M Tetra w/p (with preservative) group, the Flu-M Tetra w/o/p (without preservative) group and the Ultrix® group. All subjects were followed up for 28 days post randomization and vaccination.

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Conditions studied

  • Influenza

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Keywords

  • influenza
  • flu
  • vaccine
  • FLU-M Tetra
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In context

Influenza, Human

2,214 studies on the registry are indexed under Influenza, Human; 163 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 633 is above the median of 238 across 1,853 interventional studies indexed under Influenza, Human.

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Lead sponsor

St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera is the lead sponsor of 15 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
60 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. Volunteers (men and women) at the age of 60 years and above
  2. Written informed consent of volunteers to participate in the clinical trial;
  3. Volunteers able to fulfill requirements of the Protocol (i.e. fill out the patient's diary, come to follow-up visits);
  4. For fertile women - a negative result of the pregnancy test and consent to observe adequate methods of contraception during the trial and at least two months after vaccination;
  5. For fertile men - consent to observe adequate methods of contraception during the trial and at least two months after vaccination, except for men after vasectomy with documented azoospermia, and their sexual partners should use methods of contraception that ensure more than 90% reliability or be incapable of conception after a surgical sterilization or have a natural menopause for at least 2 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of influenza/ARVI or previous influenza vaccination during 6 months before the trial;
  2. Positive result of the SARS-CoV-2 test;
  3. A serious post-vaccination reaction (temperature above 40 °C, hyperemia or edema more than 8 cm in diameter) or complications (collapse or shock-like condition that developed within 48 hours after vaccination; convulsions accompanied or not accompanied by a fever due to any previous vaccination);
  4. Allergic reactions to vaccine components or any previous vaccination;
  5. History of allergic reaction to chicken protein;
  6. History of Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute polyneuropathy);
  7. Previous vaccination with rabies vaccines less than 2 months before immunization or scheduled vaccination with rabies vaccines within 1 month after immunization with the trial vaccines;
  8. History of leukemia, cancer, autoimmune diseases;
  9. Positive blood test results for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B/C.
  10. Volunteers who received immunoglobulin or blood products or had a blood transfusion during the last three months before the trial;
  11. History of long-term use (more than 14 days) of immunosuppressants or immunomodulatory drugs for six months before the trial;
  12. History of any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficiency condition;
  13. History of chronic diseases of the cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary, neuroendocrine systems, the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys, hematopoietic, immune and endocrine system, mental disease in the acute stage or in the decompensation stage (recovery less than 4 weeks before vaccination);
  14. History of eczema;
  15. Treatment with glucocorticosteroids, including in small doses, as well as local use of drugs containing steroids (> 10 mg of prednisolone or its equivalent for more than 14 days before the screening);
  16. Tuberculosis, neurological or mental disorders, a convulsive syndrome, including in the past medical history;
  17. History of acute infectious diseases (recovery less than 4 weeks before vaccination);
  18. Consumption of more than 10 units of alcohol per week or history of alcohol addiction, drug addiction or abuse of pharmaceutical products;
  19. Smoking of more than 10 cigarettes per day;
  20. Participation in another clinical trial during the last 3 months;
  21. Pregnancy or lactation;
  22. Coagulopathy, haemophilia;
  23. Taking aspirin or other antiplatelet agents in high doses.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
633 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    FLU-M Tetra w/p

    211 volunteers aged 60 y.o. and older received a single intramuscular dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine (with preservative) intramuscularly

    Biological: Flu-M Tetra [Inactivated split influenza vaccine] w/p

  • Experimental
    FLU-M Tetra w/o/p

    211 volunteers aged 60 y.o. and older received a single intramuscular dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine (without preservative) intramuscularly.

    Biological: Flu-M Tetra [Inactivated split influenza vaccine] w/o/p

  • Active comparator
    Ultrix

    211 volunteers aged 60 y.o. and older received a single intramuscular dose of the Ultrix vaccine.

    Biological: Ultrix [Inactivated split influenza vaccine]

Interventions

  • BiologicalFlu-M Tetra [Inactivated split influenza vaccine] w/p

    solution for intramuscular injection, 0.5 ml

  • BiologicalFlu-M Tetra [Inactivated split influenza vaccine] w/o/p

    solution for intramuscular injection, 0.5 ml

  • BiologicalUltrix [Inactivated split influenza vaccine]

    solution for intramuscular injection, 0.5 ml

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Geometric mean titer (GMT) ratio of antibodies after vaccination

    Geometric mean titer (GMT) of antibodies in the blood serums of vaccinated people in haemagglutination inhibition assay.

    Time frame: days 0, 28

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline seroconversion rate at 28 days

    Seroconversion rate refers to the percentage of subjects who have a prevaccination titer of influenza haemagglutinin antibody titer (HA titer) ≤ 1:10 and a post-vaccination HA titer ≥ 1:40 or a prevaccination HA titer \> 1:10 and at least a 4-fold increase in post-vaccination HA titer vs. the baseline.

    Time frame: days 0, 28

  2. Seroconversion factor

    Seroconversion factor is an increase in the geometric mean titers of antibodies at Day 28 vs. the baseline level, expressed in the fold rise.

    Time frame: days 0, 28

  3. Seroprotection rate

    Seroprotection rate refers to the percentage of subjects with a generated protective HA titer (at least 1:40) vs. the baseline level.

    Time frame: days 0, 28

  4. Frequency of development of AEs associated with the vaccination

    An adverse event (AE) is any adverse medical occurrence in a trial subject who has received a pharmaceutical product or medicine that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the medicine. AE include: new disease, complication of signs or symptoms of the condition being treated or a concomitant disease, effect of the trial drug or the reference drug, effect associated with a trial procedure, any combination of one or more of these factors.

    Time frame: days 0-28

  5. Frequency of development of SAEs associated with the vaccination

    An adverse event is considered serious if it is fatal, threatens the life, requires hospitalization or extension of hospitalization, results in permanent or significant disability, is a congenital abnormality or defect (not applicable to this trial), is an important medical event.

    Time frame: days 0-28

  6. Number of participants with abnormal physical examination findings

    Physical examination of volunteers includes an interview, discovery of complaints and symptoms, when required, palpation, auscultation, percussion for the following organs and systems: skin, mucosa, eyes, oral cavity and pharynx, lungs/chest, cardiovascular system, abdominal organs, nervous system, lymph nodes, musculoskeletal system, endocrine system.

    Time frame: days 0,1,3,7,28

  7. Results of assessment of blood pressure (BP)

    BP measurements include the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

    Time frame: days 0,1,3,7,28

  8. Results of assessment of heart rate (HR)

    HR is measured during auscultation of the heart in parallel with determining the pulse rate on the radial artery (or on the carotid artery in case of weak pulsation in the radial artery) for a minute while sitting.

    Time frame: days 0,1,3,7,28

  9. Results of E immunoglobulin tests

    Determination of total IgE.

    Time frame: days 0,3,28

  10. Results of assessment of respiratory rate (RR)

    RR is measured for a minute at rest in the sitting position, by registering the breathing movements of the chest or abdominal wall, without attracting the patient's attention.

    Time frame: days 0,1,3,7,28

  11. Results of assessment of body temperature

    Body temperature is measured with a mercury or digital thermometer in the armpit for at least 5 minutes or with a non-contact infrared digital thermometer.

    Time frame: days 0,1,3,7,28

  12. Number of participants with abnormal neurological examinations

    Assessement of neurological status, cranial nerve function, motor sphere, reflex sphere, sensitive sphere, coordination sphere, pelvic functions, higher mental functions.

    Time frame: days 0,1,3,7,28

  13. Number of participants with abnormal ECG findings

    ECG QT Interval, QTc Interval, PQ Interval, QRS complex.

    Time frame: days 0,3

  14. Number of participants with abnormal complete blood counts results

    Hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, leukocyte count, ESR.

    Time frame: days 0,3

  15. Number of participants with abnormal biochemical blood tests results

    Total protein, creatinine, urea, glucose, total bilirubin, total cholesterol, AST, ALT, ALP.

    Time frame: days 0,3

  16. Number of participants with abnormal urinalysis results

    pH, specific gravity, protein, glucose, red blood cells, white blood cells

    Time frame: days 0,3

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Study locations

11 sites
  • State Autonomous Health Institution "Engels City Clinical Hospital No1"
    Engels, Russian Federation
  • Limited Liability Company Professorskaya Clinica
    Perm, Russian Federation
  • Limited Liability Company Energia Zdorovya
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Limited Liability Company MEDICINSKAYA CLINIKA
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Limited Liability Company Scientific Research Center Eco-Bezopasnost
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Piramida Limited Liability Company
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Private Health Care Institution Clinical Hospital "RZD-Medicine" in Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Saint Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "State Polyclinic No. 117"
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Saint Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "State Polyclinic No. 43"
    Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Limited Liability Company "DNA Research Center"
    Saratov, Russian Federation
  • Federal State Budget Healthcare Institution "Yaroslavl Region Clinical Hospital No. 2"
    Yaroslavl, Russian Federation
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 8, 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
NCT05308212
Lead sponsor
St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 4, 2022
Start date
Mar 4, 2021
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2021
Completion
Sep 6, 2021
Last update
Nov 8, 2022

Oversight

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