Clinical Trial to Assess the Influenza Vaccination of the Hospitalized Adults (FLUVAC EV-03)

April 21, 2026 updated by: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Efficiency in Population of Influenza Vaccination for Flu Prevention of the Hospitalized Adults

This study assesses the seasonal of influenza vaccine effectiveness in adults hospitalised with laboratory-confirmed influenza through a network of hospitals in France.

Also, To better understand the burden of other respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and SARS-CoV-2 in hospitalized adults, we need to describe and quantify the population hospitalized due to theses other respiratory viruses.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

Influenza vaccination strategies aim at protecting high-risk population from severe outcomes. Estimating the effectiveness of seasonal vaccines against influenza related hospitalisation is important to guide these strategies. The main objective is to measure the population effectiveness of influenza vaccine in patients hospitalized with virologically confirmed influenza laboratory result during all influenza seasons from 2013/2014 to 2021/2022 in a French hospital network. An interim analysis is provided for each influenza season and a global analysis of all seasons.

Each year, we also collect data from other respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on the hospitalized population. The data for three years confirm that, although RSV is less common than influenza in patients with flu-like symptom (4% of 1452 patients), it is responsible for serious complications at a higher frequency than influenza, especially in the elderly and immunosuppressed patients. To better understand the burden of disease of RSV infection in hospitalized adults, we need to start patients recruitment sooner at the start of the VRS epidemic.

With the recent emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and our participation in European projects within the framework of COVID-19 surveillance, the FLUVAC study is an opportunity to collect additional data in patients hospitalized with a severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) which may be due to respiratory infection with an influenza virus or other respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2. We therefore propose to collect clinical (chronic diseases, comorbidities, intensive care), epidemiological and virological data throughout the year in adult patients hospitalized for suspected CO-VID-19.

This is a study "case-control" involving a nasopharyngeal sample for all hospitalised patients presenting a SARI within seven days. Cases will be patients RT-PCR positive for influenza. Controls will be patients negative for any influenza virus.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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6173

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • France
      • Paris, France, 75654
        • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18 year
  • Affiliated with social security health insurance
  • Written informed consent
  • Patients hospitalized for at least 24 hours for one of the reasons indicated in Table 1 of protocol
  • Presence of Influenza-like syndrome before the hospitalization (even if symptoms are not present at the time of inclusion), or less than 48 hours after the hospitalization
  • Rapid completion of nasopharyngeal sample after hospitalization without exceeding 7 days after the onset of Influenza-like syndrome

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Realization of nasopharyngeal sampling more than 7 days after the onset of symptoms
  • Contraindication for influenza vaccine (Hypersensitivity to the active substances, to any of the excipients and to trace eg eggs, including ovalbumin, chicken protein)
  • Patients institutionalized without regular community interaction
  • Previously tested positive for any influenza virus in the current season (RT-PCR, multiplex RT-PCR)
  • Patient under curatorship or under guardianship whose sample was obtained as part of their medical care but not complying with the conditions of Article L1121-8 of the Code de la Santé Publique.
  • Patient under curatorship or under guardianship whose sample was not obtained as part of their medical care.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Nasopharyngeal sample
Rapid completion of nasopharyngeal within 24 hours after hospitalization without exceeding 7 days after the onset
Other: nasopharyngeal sample
The nasopharyngeal sample will be used to find the types and subtypes of influenza virus and other respiratory viruses (VRS, SARS-CoV-2 and others).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Measure of vaccine efficacy in population by comparing the number of influenza cases virologically documented in hospitalized patients vaccinated and unvaccinated.
Time Frame: 9 years
The effectiveness of the vaccine in population will be calculated according to the formula VE = 1 - OR. an interval exact confidence of 95% will be calculated on the point estimate.
9 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Measure of vaccine efficacy in population by age group
Time Frame: 9 years
Measure of vaccine efficacy by comparing the number of influenza cases virologically documented in hospitalized patients vaccinated and unvaccinated according to age groups
9 years
Measure of vaccine efficacy in population by influenza type/subtype
Time Frame: 9 years
The objective is to compare the number of influenza cases virologically documented in hospitalized patients vaccinated and unvaccinated depending on the subtypes.
9 years
Description of the population hospitalized for syndrome acute respiratory infection (SARI)
Time Frame: 9 years

The objective is to :

  • Describe and quantify the influenza hospitalized population and its complications (socio-demographic, risk factors, pattern and duration of hospitalization),
  • Describe and quantify the population hospitalized due to other respiratory viruses (VRS, SARS-CoV-2).
9 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Odile Launay, PU-PH, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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December 31, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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December 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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December 12, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 2, 2014

First Posted (Estimated)

First Posted

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January 6, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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April 24, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 21, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2023

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • C13-47
  • 2013-A01204-41 (Registry Identifier: IDRCB)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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