Tolerability, Safety and Immunogenicity Trial of the Flu-M Tetra Vaccine in Children

Randomized, Double-blind, Comparative, Controlled Trial of Tolerability, Safety and Immunogenicity of the Flu-M Tetra Vaccine in Children Between 6 Months and 17 Years Old

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess tolerability, reactogenicity, safety and immunogenicity of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine as compared to the VaxigripTetra vaccine in terms of prevention of influenza in children aged 6 months to 17 years old inclusive.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Vaccine Reaction; Influenza; Influenza, Human; Influenza Viral Infections
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]

Detailed Description

The trial will be conducted in three stages.

• Stage I Participants - children aged 10 to 17 years (10 years 0 months 0 days - 17 years 11 months 30 days), will be vaccinated a single 0.5 mL dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine or the VaxigripTetra vaccine intramuscularly.

Once reviewed by the Sponsor, the report will be submitted to the supervisory executive authorities alongside the notice of commencement of Stage II trial.

• Stage II Participants - children aged 3 to 9 years (3 years 0 months 0 days - 9 years 11 months 30 days), will be vaccinated a single 0.5 mL dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine or the VaxigripTetra vaccine intramuscularly (double dose for volunteers who have not been vaccinated before).

Once reviewed by the Sponsor, the report will be submitted to the supervisory executive authorities alongside the notice of commencement of Stage III trial.

• Stage III Participants - children aged 6 to 35 months (6 months 0 days - 35 months 30 days), will be vaccinated twice 0.25 mL dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine or the VaxigripTetra vaccine intramuscularly.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 948
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Ellina Ruzanova, PhD; Phone Number: (812) 660-06-39; Email: e.a.ruzanova@niivs.ru
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Alla Emelyanova, PhD; Phone Number: (812) 660-06-39; Email: a.b.emelyanova@niivs.ru

Study Locations

• Russian Federation
  • Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
    • Active, not recruiting
    • State Autonomous Health Care Institution of the Sverdlovsk Region "Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 11"
  • Engel's, Russian Federation
    • Recruiting
    • State Autonomous Health Care Institution "Engels City Clinical Hospital No1"
    • Contact: Oksana Nesterenko, PhD
  • Moscow, Russian Federation
    • Recruiting
    • LLC "Olla-Med"
    • Contact: Maria Plekhanova, MD
  • Perm, Russian Federation
    • Not yet recruiting
    • LLC "Professorskaya Clinica"
    • Contact: Svetlana Teplykh, PhD
  • Perm, Russian Federation
    • Active, not recruiting
    • State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Perm Territory "City Children's Clinical Clinic No. 5"
  • Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
    • Recruiting
    • LLC PiterClinica
    • Contact: Tatiana Pak, PhD
  • Saratov, Russian Federation
    • Recruiting
    • LLC "DNA Research Center"
    • Contact: Inna Gamova, PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 6 months to 17 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

For volunteers aged 10 to 17 years:

• Healthy children of both sexes aged 10 to 17 years (10 years 0 months 0 days - 17 years 11 months 30 days);
• The availability of written and dated informed consent of the volunteer (children aged 14 to 17 years) and their parent / legally acceptable representative for participation in the trial;
• If the volunteer has sexual relations, effective contraception methods must be used during the 30 days preceding vaccination and consent must be obtained to continue using these contraceptive methods during the trial and for two months after vaccination;
• The girls with menses in the medical history shall have a negative pregnancy test result.

For volunteers aged 3 to 9 years:

• Healthy children of both sexes aged 3 to 9 years (3 years 0 months 0 days - 9 years 11 months 30 days);
• The availability of written and dated informed consent of a parent / legally acceptable representative for participation in the trial;

For volunteers aged 6 to 35 months:

• Healthy children of both genders aged 6 to 35 months, inclusive (6 months 0 days - 35 months 30 days);
• The availability of written and dated informed consent of a parent / legally acceptable representative for participation in the trial.
• The trial subject of the was born full-term, with the Apgar score of 7-10 points.

For all volunteers:

The ability of a volunteer's parents / legally acceptable representatives to perform the requirements of the Protocol (i.e., fill out the Patient Diary, attend visits together with the volunteer).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of influenza (including in mothers for children aged 6 to 35 months) or previous influenza vaccination during 6 months before the trial;
2. Vaccination of the pregnant woman in the 2nd-3rd trimester (for the age group of 6 - 35 months) with an influenza vaccine
3. Positive result of the SARS-CoV-2 test;
4. Vaccination with any vaccine less than 30 days before participating in the trial or scheduled vaccination with any vaccine within 30 days after vaccination with the trial vaccines;
5. A serious post-vaccination reaction (temperature above 40 °C, hyperemia or edema more than 8 cm in diameter at the injection site) 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), encephalopathy;
6. Allergic reactions to vaccine components or any previous vaccination;
7. History of allergic reaction to chicken protein;
8. History of cancer, leukemia, tuberculosis, autoimmune diseases;
9. Carriage of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C in the medical history, including by parents / legally acceptable representatives;
10. Children who received immunoglobulin products or transfusions of whole blood or its components less than 3 months before the start of the trial;
11. Long-term use (more than 14 days) of any immunomodulating medicines less than 3 months before the start of the trial;
12. Any confirmed or suspected immunosuppressive or immunodeficiency condition;
13. History of chronic diseases of the cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary, endocrine systems, blood in the acute stage (recovery less than 4 weeks before vaccination) or in the decompensation stage;
14. Children with hemophilia who may develop bleeding after intramuscular injection;
15. History of progressive neurological pathology, convulsive syndrome, afebrile convulsions;
16. History of acute infectious diseases (fever ≥ 37.5°С): recovery less than 2 weeks before vaccination;
17. Participation in another clinical trial less than 3 months before the start of the trial;
18. History of mental illness of the child and the volunteer's parents;
19. The history of the volunteer's parent / legally acceptable representative being registered with a tuberculosis dispensary and/or a narcological dispensary;
20. Maternal history of drug use or alcohol abuse during pregnancy and/or breastfeeding;
21. Pronounced congenital malformations in a child;
22. Suspected developmental delay in a child.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

6

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Flu-M Tetra vaccine, children aged 10 to 17 years old; Сhildren will be vaccinated a single 0.5 mL dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine intramuscularly	Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; solution for intramuscular injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: Flu-M Tetra Inactivated Split Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; suspension for intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: VaxigripTetra (inactivated split influenza vaccine)
Active Comparator: VaxigripTetra vaccine, children aged 10 to 17 years old; Сhildren will be vaccinated a single 0.5 mL dose of the VaxigripTetra vaccine intramuscularly	Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; solution for intramuscular injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: Flu-M Tetra Inactivated Split Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; suspension for intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: VaxigripTetra (inactivated split influenza vaccine)
Experimental: Flu-M Tetra vaccine, children aged 3 to 9 years old; Сhildren will be vaccinated a single 0.5 mL dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine intramuscularly or double dose for volunteers who have not been vaccinated before	Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; solution for intramuscular injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: Flu-M Tetra Inactivated Split Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; suspension for intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: VaxigripTetra (inactivated split influenza vaccine)
Active Comparator: VaxigripTetra vaccine, children aged 3 to 9 years old; Сhildren will be vaccinated a single 0.5 mL dose of the VaxigripTetra vaccine intramuscularly or double dose for volunteers who have not been vaccinated before	Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; solution for intramuscular injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: Flu-M Tetra Inactivated Split Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; suspension for intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: VaxigripTetra (inactivated split influenza vaccine)
Experimental: Flu-M Tetra vaccine, children aged 6 to 35 months old; Сhildren will be vaccinated twice 0.25 mL dose of the Flu-M Tetra vaccine intramuscularly	Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; solution for intramuscular injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: Flu-M Tetra Inactivated Split Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; suspension for intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: VaxigripTetra (inactivated split influenza vaccine)
Active Comparator: VaxigripTetra vaccine, children aged 6 to 35 months old; Сhildren will be vaccinated twice 0.25 mL dose of the VaxigripTetra vaccine intramuscularly	Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; solution for intramuscular injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: Flu-M Tetra Inactivated Split Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine; Biological: Influenza vaccine [inactivated]; suspension for intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, 1 dose (0.5 mL); Other Names: VaxigripTetra (inactivated split influenza vaccine)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from Baseline Geometric mean titer (GMT) ratio of antibodies for each virus strain (A (H1N1), A (H3N2) and B)	Geometric mean titer (GMT) of antibodies in the blood serums of vaccinated participants in haemagglutination inhibition assay	Baseline (day 1) and 28 days after vaccination (Stage I, II, III) and revaccination (Stage II, III)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from Baseline Seroconversion factor for each virus strain (A (H1N1), A (H3N2) and B)	Seroconversion factor is an increase in the geometric mean titers of antibodies at Day 28 vs. the baseline level, expressed in the fold rise	Baseline (day 1) and 28 days after vaccination (Stage I, II, III) and revaccination (Stage II, III)
Change from Baseline Seroprotection rate for each virus strain (A (H1N1), A (H3N2) and B)	Seroprotection rate refers to the percentage of subjects with a generated protective HA titer (at least 1:40) vs. the baseline level	Baseline (day 1) and 28 days after vaccination (Stage I, II, III) and revaccination (Stage II, III)
Change from Baseline Seroconversion rate for each virus strain (A (H1N1), A (H3N2) and B)	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	Baseline (day 1) and 28 days after vaccination (Stage I, II, III) and revaccination (Stage II, III)
Incidence of immediate adverse events (allergic reactions)		2 hours after vaccination
Incidence of local adverse events		7 days after vaccination
Incidence of systemic adverse events		7 days after vaccination
Incidence of other adverse reactions		Days 8 to 28 after vaccination
Incidence of severe adverse events		Days 1 to 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Day 1 to 56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
Withdrawal of a volunteer from the trial due to development of an AE/SAE associated with the use of the trial products		Days 1 to 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Day 1 to 56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
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. It is necessary to conduct an examination of the following organs and systems: skin, mucosa, eyes, oral cavity and pharynx, lungs/chest, heart/cardiovascular system, abdominal organs, nervous system, lymph nodes, musculoskeletal system	Days 1, 3, 7, 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Days 1,3,7,28+3,56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
Number of participants with abnormal changes in vital signs - Blood pressure (BP)	BP is assessed in children aged 36 months and older. BP measurements include the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.	Days 1, 3, 7, 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Days 1,3,7,28+3,56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
Number of participants with abnormal changes in vital signs - Heart rate (HR)	HR is measured using a phonendoscope at the apex of the heart during 1 minute.	Days 1, 3, 7, 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Days 1,3,7,28+3,56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
Number of participants with abnormal changes in vital signs - Respiratory rate (RR)	RR is counted with a hand placed on the child's chest or abdomen or by holding a stethoscope at the child's nose. The measurement is conducted during one minute.	Days 1, 3, 7, 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Days 1,3,7,28+3,56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
Number of participants with abnormal changes in vital signs - Body temperature	The body temperature is measured with a digital thermometer.	Days 1, 3, 7, 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Days 1,3,7,28+3,56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)
Number of participants with clinically significant abnormalities - Complete blood count (CBC)	Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, Leukocytic Formula, Platelets, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)	Days 1, 3
Number of participants with clinically significant abnormalities - Biochemical blood test (BBT)	ALT, AST, Alkaline Phosphatase, Total Bilirubin, Total Protein, Urea, Glucose	Days 1, 3
Number of participants with clinically significant abnormalities - Urinalysis	pH, Color, Relative Density/Specific Gravity, Protein, Glucose, Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells	Days 1, 3
Number of participants with abnormal changes of total IgE		Days 1, 3
Number of participants with abnormal neurological examinations		Days 1, 3, 7, 28+3 (for participants with 1 vaccination), Days 1,3,7,28+3,56±3 (for participants with vaccination and revaccination)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera
• Investigators: Study Director: Ellina Ruzanova, PhD, St. Petersburg Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 19, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 13, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 30, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 29, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Influenza; Vaccine; Vaccination; Flu; SPbSRIVS; Flu-M Tetra
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: RNA Virus Infections; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Orthomyxoviridae Infections; Virus Diseases; Influenza, Human; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Immunologic Factors; Vaccines
• Other Study ID Numbers: FLМ-ТЕ-05-2021

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No