Biomarkers Predicting Infectivity in an Experimental Human Influenza Model (PRESAGE)

July 3, 2018 updated by: Duke University
This study aims to test the hypothesis that gene transcriptional changes occur within 24 hours of virus exposure in the blood and nasal mucosa, and to identify early biomarker signatures that are predictive of higher viral shedding at the peak of disease

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will systematically investigate the early pre-symptomatic period following exposure to influenza in humans. The data obtained will be essential for further understanding of the natural history of human antiviral responses, and will allow us to identify a panel of biomarkers that can predict which individuals will go on to more severe symptoms and higher viral shedding, so that treatments and other interventions can be made at an early stage.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • London, United Kingdom, W12 0NN
        • Imperial College London

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 55 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthy persons aged 18 to 55 years, able to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic respiratory disease (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rhinitis, sinusitis) in adulthood
  • Inhaled bronchodilator or steroid use within the last 12 months
  • Use of any medication or other product (prescription or over-the-counter) for symptoms of rhinitis or nasal congestion within the last 6 months
  • Acute upper respiratory infection or sinusitis in the past 6 weeks
  • Smoking in the past 6 months OR >5 pack-year lifetime history
  • Subjects with allergic symptoms present at baseline
  • Clinically relevant abnormality on chest X-ray
  • Those in close domestic contact (i.e. sharing a household with, caring for, or daily face to face contact) with children under 3 years, the elderly (>65 years), immunosuppressed persons, or those with chronic respiratory disease
  • Subjects with known or suspected immune deficiency
  • Receipt of systemic glucocorticoids (in a dose ≥ 5 mg prednisone daily or equivalent) within one month, or any other cytotoxic or immunosuppressive drug within 6 months prior to challenge
  • Known immunoglobulin A deficiency, immotile cilia syndrome, or Kartagener's syndrome
  • History of frequent nose bleeds
  • Any significant medical condition or prescribed drug deemed by the study doctor to make the participant unsuitable for the study
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Positive urine drug screen
  • Detectable baseline haemagglutination inhibition titres against influenza challenge strains
  • History of hypersensitivity to eggs, egg proteins, gentamicin, gelatin or arginine, or with life-threatening reactions to previous influenza vaccinations

All women of childbearing age will have a pregnancy test performed prior to virus inoculation to exclude pregnancy and be required to use contraception throughout the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Influenza A/California/04/2009
Participants will be inoculated with Influenza A/California/04/09 3.5x10(4) tissue culture infective dose 50% (TCID50) in 1 mL in Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline (DPBS) delivered by intranasal drops. They will then be monitored as in-patients for 10 days with daily clinical assessment and blood and respiratory tract sampling. Following discharge, they will be followed up for up to 6 months post-inoculation.
Good Manufacturing Practices-certified Influenza A/California/04/09 3.5x10(4) TCID50 in 1 mL in DPBS delivered by intranasal drops

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Viral load
Time Frame: 28 days
Nasal wash viral load by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)
28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Symptoms
Time Frame: 28 days
Self-reported upper and lower respiratory and systemic symptoms by diary card
28 days
Differentially expressed genes in blood
Time Frame: 9 months
Differentially expressed genes analysed by RNA sequencing of whole blood
9 months
Differentially expressed genes in nasal curettage
Time Frame: 9 months
Differentially expressed genes analysed by RNA sequencing of nasal curettage samples
9 months
Metabolomics in serum
Time Frame: 9 months
Differentially expressed metabolites in serum by mass spectrometry
9 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Christopher Chiu, BMBCh PhD, Imperial College London

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 11, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 8, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

February 28, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 30, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 30, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

July 2, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 6, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 3, 2018

Last Verified

July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pro00082500

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

IPD Plan Description

Data will be shared with Duke university, such as ethnicity and age. It will be identifiable only by their unique study code, with no personal details.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

Yes

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