Immunological non-inferiority and safety of a quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine versus two trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines in China: Results from two studies

Xiaoqiang Liu, Juliana Park, Shengli Xia, Bin Liang, Shuangmin Yang, Yanxia Wang, Olga Syrkina, Nathalie Lavis, Shuzhen Liu, Chenyan Zhao, Jian Ding, Jieqiong Hu, Sandrine I Samson, Iris A de Bruijn, FSQ01 and FSQ02 Study Groups, Xiaoqiang Liu, Juliana Park, Shengli Xia, Bin Liang, Shuangmin Yang, Yanxia Wang, Olga Syrkina, Nathalie Lavis, Shuzhen Liu, Chenyan Zhao, Jian Ding, Jieqiong Hu, Sandrine I Samson, Iris A de Bruijn, FSQ01 and FSQ02 Study Groups

Abstract

Who universal trial numbers (utns): U1111-1174-4615 and U1111-1174-4698.

Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT04210349 and NCT03430089.

Keywords: China; elderly; immunogenicity; inactivated influenza vaccine; pediatric; quadrivalent; safety.

Conflict of interest statement

JP, OS, NL, JD, SIS, and IDB are employees of Sanofi and may hold shares and/or stock options in the company. BL and JH were employees of Sanofi at the time of these studies. XL and SY are employees of Yunnan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yunnan Province, SX and YW are employees of Henan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Henan Province, SL and CZ are employees of National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, all in China, and were contracted by Sanofi to conduct this research.

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