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Heart FailurePhase 4RCT-IVVENCT02762851

Influenza Vaccine To Prevent Adverse Vascular Events (RCT-IVVE)

A Phase 4 study testing Sterile saline and inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in people with Heart Failure and Influenza, run by McMaster University at 13 sites in 13 countries.

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Trial summary

A multi-centre, randomized, placebo controlled, trial. Participants at high-risk for vascular events from the network of INTER- CHF will be randomized to inactivated influenza vaccine or placebo and followed prospectively over three influenza seasons. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Failure, Influenza
What is being tested?
Sterile saline and inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
5,000 participants
Where
13 sitesin 13 countries
Study dates
Jun 2016to Dec 2020
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 18 years and NYHA (New York Heart Association) functional class II, III and IV

Who cannot join

  • Anaphylactic reaction to a previous dose of TIV(trivalent influenza vaccine)
  • Known IgE( Immunoglobulin E)-mediated hypersensitivity to eggs manifested as hives, swelling of the mouth and throat, difficulty in breathing, hypotension, or shock
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome within eight weeks of a previous influenza vaccine
  • Anaphylactic reaction to neomycin
  • Patients who have had influenza vaccine in two of the three previous years

Trial locations and contacts

13 sites in 13 countries.

Mark Loeb, MD, MSc. contact

905-525-9140 ext. 26066

loebm@mcmaster.ca

13 sites in 13 countries

Cameroon1 site
  • Douala General Hospital

    Douala

    Terminated

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China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Fuwai Hospital

    Beijing, Xicheng District, 100037

    Yan Liang, MD, yan.liang@phri.ca

    Jun Zhu, MD, junzhuld@hotmail.com

    Recruiting

Other trials in China

India1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Centre for Chronic Disease Control

    New Delhi

    Dorairaj Prabhakaran, MD, dprabhakaran@ccdcindia.org

    Ambuj Roy, MD

    Recruiting

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Kenya1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Aga Khan University

    Nairobi

    Gerald Yonga, MD, gerald.yonga@aku.edu

    Recruiting

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Lebanon1 site, 1 recruiting
  • American University of Beirut Medical Center

    Beirut

    Marwan Refaat, MD, +961-1-350000 ext. 5825, mr48@aub.edu.lb

    Not yet recruiting

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Mozambique1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Maputo Central Hospital (Full Trial)

    Maputo

    Albertino Damasceno, MD, 258 2131 0828, tino_7117@yahoo.com.br

    Recruiting

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Nigeria1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Bayero University and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

    Kano

    Kamilu Karaye, MD, 234 803 704 2171, kkaraye@yahoo.co.uk

    Recruiting

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Philippines1 site, 1 recruiting
  • University of Philippines

    Manila, Emita

    Lia Palileo, MD, liapalileo@gmail.com

    Antonio Dans, MD

    Recruiting

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Saudi Arabia1 site, 1 recruiting
  • King Saud Univeristy

    Riyadh

    Khalid Al-Habib, MD, 966 1 288 9999, khalidalhabib13@hotmail.com

    Recruiting

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Sudan1 site
  • AlShaab Teaching Hospital

    Khartoum

    Terminated

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Uganda1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Mulago Hospital

    Kampala

    Charles Mondo, MD, 256 772 462370, charles_mondo@yahoo.com.au

    Recruiting

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United Arab Emirates1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Sheikh Khalifa Medical City

    Abu Dhabi

    Wael Almahmeed, MD, wmahmeed@emirates.net.ae

    Recruiting

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Zambia1 site, 1 recruiting
  • University of Zambia School of Medicine

    Lusaka

    Fastone Goma, MD, gomafm@yahoo.co.uk

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Influenza Vaccine to Prevent Adverse Vascular Events

A multi-centre, randomized, placebo controlled, trial. Participants at high-risk for vascular events from the network of INTER- CHF will be randomized to inactivated influenza vaccine or placebo and followed prospectively over three influenza seasons. 5,000 participants will be enrolled prior to influenza season, randomized to either influenza vaccine or saline placebo, either of which they will receive annually for three years and then followed over each of the influenza seasons.

Read the detailed description

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. There is recent evidence that infection due to influenza may precipitate vascular events such as myocardial infarctions and strokes. There is some evidence that influenza vaccination may prevent such events but the data are inconclusive. The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial to assess whether influenza vaccination will prevent vascular illness. Adults with clinical heart failure will be randomized to inactivated influenza vaccine or saline placebo each year for three consecutive years. They will be followed over six months for a composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke and hospitalizations for heart failure using standardized criteria. Rigorous demonstration of influenza vaccine leading to a reduction in major adverse vascular events in patients with heart failure would lead to a major change in how these patients are managed. Given the large burden of disease both in Canada and globally, the possibility to reduce cardiovascular and stroke related death is a compelling reason to conduct this trial.

Being tested
Sterile saline, inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine
Keywords
Influenza, Vaccine, Heart failure, Vascular
Medical subject headings
Heart Failure, Influenza, Human

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sterile salineOther

    0.5 ml dose injected intramuscularly

  • inactivated trivalent influenza vaccineDrug

    Also called VAXIGRIP vaccine

    0.5 ml dose injected intramuscularly

Study groups in NCT02762851
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Influenza vaccineExperimentalParticipants at high risk for adverse vascular events will be immunized with 0.5 ml dose of inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine prior to the influenza season.
Receives: Drug: inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine
Placebo vaccinePlacebo comparatorParticipants at high risk for adverse vascular events will be vaccinated with a 0.5 ml dose of sterile saline prior to the influenza season.
Receives: Other: Sterile saline

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Adverse cardiovascular event

    The primary outcome will be a composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke and hospitalizations for heart failure using standardized criteria.

    Measured: Six months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Cardiovascular (CV) death

    CV death alone will be a secondary outcome.

    Measured: Six months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 May 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2016
  3. Primary completionDec 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2020 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
5,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02762851
Sponsor's protocol ID
RCT-IVVE 2015
Acronym
RCT-IVVE
Status last verified
Oct 2018
First submitted
3 May 2016
Last updated
26 Oct 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Causes of death 2008, World Health Organization, Geneva, http://www.who.int/healthinfo/ global_burden_disease/ cod_2008_sources_methods.pdf.

  • Statistics Canada. Morality, Summary List of Causes 2008. Released October 18, 2011.

  • Tracking Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada. Released June 2009

  • Remme WJ, Torp-Pedersen C, Cleland JG, Poole-Wilson PA, Metra M, Komajda M, Swedberg K, Di Lenarda A, Spark P, Scherhag A, Moullet C, Lukas MA. Carvedilol protects better against vascular events than metoprolol in heart failure: results from COMET. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Mar 6;49(9):963-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.059. Epub 2007 Feb 20.

    PubMed 17336720
  • Gheorghiade M, Bohm M, Greene SJ, Fonarow GC, Lewis EF, Zannad F, Solomon SD, Baschiera F, Botha J, Hua TA, Gimpelewicz CR, Jaumont X, Lesogor A, Maggioni AP; ASTRONAUT Investigators and Coordinators. Effect of aliskiren on postdischarge mortality and heart failure readmissions among patients hospitalized for heart failure: the ASTRONAUT randomized trial. JAMA. 2013 Mar 20;309(11):1125-35. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.1954.

    PubMed 23478743
  • Massie BM, Carson PE, McMurray JJ, Komajda M, McKelvie R, Zile MR, Anderson S, Donovan M, Iverson E, Staiger C, Ptaszynska A; I-PRESERVE Investigators. Irbesartan in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. N Engl J Med. 2008 Dec 4;359(23):2456-67. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0805450. Epub 2008 Nov 11.

    PubMed 19001508
  • Bohm M, Swedberg K, Komajda M, Borer JS, Ford I, Dubost-Brama A, Lerebours G, Tavazzi L; SHIFT Investigators. Heart rate as a risk factor in chronic heart failure (SHIFT): the association between heart rate and outcomes in a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2010 Sep 11;376(9744):886-94. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61259-7.

    PubMed 20801495
  • Homma S, Thompson JL, Pullicino PM, Levin B, Freudenberger RS, Teerlink JR, Ammon SE, Graham S, Sacco RL, Mann DL, Mohr JP, Massie BM, Labovitz AJ, Anker SD, Lok DJ, Ponikowski P, Estol CJ, Lip GY, Di Tullio MR, Sanford AR, Mejia V, Gabriel AP, del Valle ML, Buchsbaum R; WARCEF Investigators. Warfarin and aspirin in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm. N Engl J Med. 2012 May 17;366(20):1859-69. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202299. Epub 2012 May 2.

    PubMed 22551105
  • Kinlay S, Ganz P. Role of endothelial dysfunction in coronary artery disease and implications for therapy. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Nov 6;80(9A):11I-16I. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00793-5.

    PubMed 9375937
  • Chan NN, Colhoun HM, Vallance P. Cardiovascular risk factors as determinants of endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vascular reactivity in the general population. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Dec;38(7):1814-20. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01669-2.

    PubMed 11738279
  • Davies MJ. The composition of coronary-artery plaques. N Engl J Med. 1997 May 1;336(18):1312-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199705013361809. No abstract available.

    PubMed 9113937
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    PubMed 8269651
  • Lundman P, Eriksson M, Schenck-Gustafsson K, Karpe F, Tornvall P. Transient triglyceridemia decreases vascular reactivity in young, healthy men without risk factors for coronary heart disease. Circulation. 1997 Nov 18;96(10):3266-8. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.96.10.3266.

    PubMed 9396413
  • Kawano H, Motoyama T, Hirashima O, Hirai N, Miyao Y, Sakamoto T, Kugiyama K, Ogawa H, Yasue H. Hyperglycemia rapidly suppresses flow-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation of brachial artery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Jul;34(1):146-54. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00168-0.

    PubMed 10400004

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Sterile saline and inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in people with Heart Failure and Influenza, run by McMaster University at 13 sites in 13 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Oct 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 13 sites in Cameroon, China, India, Kenya, Lebanon and 8 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Mark Loeb, MD, MSc. (905-525-9140 ext. 26066, loebm@mcmaster.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Adverse cardiovascular event (time frame: Six months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02762851, which also lists 47 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Oct 2018.

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