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Vaccine ResponsePhase 4NCT05801978

Durability of Vaccine Responses

A Phase 4 study testing Live Attenuated Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine and Quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine in people with Vaccine Response, run by Emory University at 3 sites in United States.

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Looking for participants now. Contact the study team or a site below to ask about taking part.

Sites and contacts
Official record
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Trial summary

The ability of the vaccines today to generate a long-lasting protection against infections varies greatly from one vaccine to another. The yellow fever vaccine (YF-17D) is one of the most successful vaccines ever developed, having been administered to over 600 million people globally. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 50 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Vaccine Response
What is being tested?
Live Attenuated Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine and Quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
66 participants
Where
3 sitesUnited States
Study dates
11 Apr 2023to Sep 2027
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 to 50 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Able to understand and give informed consent.
  • Age 18-50 years.
  • Participants agree not to take any live vaccines 30 days before or after (14 days for inactivated) vaccination.
  • Women of child bearing potential must agree to use effective birth control for the first 3 months of the study. A negative urine pregnancy test must be documented prior to vaccination and prior to tissue sampling procedures.

Who cannot join

  • History of allergy or serious adverse reaction, including Guillain-Barré syndrome, to a vaccine or vaccine products.
  • History of a medical condition resulting in impaired immunity (such as HIV infection, cancer, particularly leukemia, lymphoma, use of immunosuppressive or antineoplastic drugs or X-ray treatment). Persons with previous skin cancers or cured non-lymphatic tumors are not excluded from the study.
  • History of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection.
  • Chronic clinically significant medical problems that could affect the immune response, require medication that would affect the immune response, or have signs or symptoms that could be confused with reactions to vaccination, including (but not limited to):
  • Insulin dependent diabetes
  • Severe heart disease (including arrhythmias)
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  • Severe lung disease
  • Severe liver disease
  • Severe kidney disease
  • Grade 4 hypertension (*Grade 4 hypertension per CTCAE criteria is defined as life-threatening consequences (e.g., malignant hypertension, transient or permanent neurologic deficit))
  • Thymus gland problems (such as myasthenia gravis, DiGeorge syndrome, thymoma) or removal of thymus gland or history of uncontrolled autoimmune disorder.
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding, or plans to become pregnant in the first 3 months of study participation.
  • Receipt of blood products or immune globulin product within the prior 3 months.
  • Active duty military.
  • History of excessive alcohol consumption, drug use, psychiatric conditions, social conditions or occupational conditions that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude compliance with the trial.
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for YF-17D Arm
  • History of previous yellow fever, West Nile, Dengue, St. Louis encephalitis, or Japanese encephalitis vaccination or infection.
  • Previous residence in a country where there is a risk of yellow fever virus (YFV) transmission
  • History of allergy to eggs, chicken, or gelatin.
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for QIV Arm
  • History of influenza infection within the same influenza season.

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Nadine Rouphael, MD contact

404-712-1435

nroupha@emory.edu

United States3 sites, 3 recruiting
  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

    Nadie Rouphael, MD, 404-712-1435, nroupha@emory.edu

    Recruiting
  • Emory Winship Cancer Institute

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

    Nadine Rouphael, MD, 404-712-1435, nroupha@emory.edu

    Recruiting
  • The Hope Clinic of Emory University

    Decatur, Georgia, 30030

    Nadine Rouphael, MD, 404-712-1435, nroupha@emory.edu

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Systems Biological Assessment of the Durability of Vaccine Responses

The ability of the vaccines today to generate a long-lasting protection against infections varies greatly from one vaccine to another. The yellow fever vaccine (YF-17D) is one of the most successful vaccines ever developed, having been administered to over 600 million people globally. A single vaccination is known to induce durable protection over several decades. In contrast, the quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) generates an immunity that wanes quickly with no long-lasting protection. Currently, the duration of immune protection for new vaccines is difficult to predict during vaccine product development and can only be ascertained by a "wait and see" approach. This is due, in part, to the fact that some of the signals that activate a durable immune system protection remain unknown.

This study aims to provide a better understanding of this problem by vaccinating willing participants with either the FDA-approved yellow fever vaccine or the quadrivalent influenza vaccine and collecting baseline and follow-up biologic samples to compare how the immune system reacts.

Read the detailed description

The ability of the vaccines today to generate a long-lasting protection against infections varies greatly from one vaccine to another. The yellow fever vaccine (YF-17D) is one of the most successful vaccines ever developed, having been administered to over 600 million people globally. A single vaccination is known to induce durable protection over several decades. In contrast, the influenza vaccine generates an immunity that wanes quickly with no long-lasting protection. Currently, the duration of immune protection for new vaccines is difficult to predict during vaccine product development and can only be ascertained by a "wait and see" approach. This is due, in part, to the fact that some of the signals that activate a durable immune system protection remain unknown.

This study aims to provide a better understanding of this problem by vaccinating willing participants with either the FDA-approved yellow fever vaccine or the quadrivalent influenza vaccine and collecting baseline and follow-up biologic samples to compare how the immune system reacts. The biologic samples will be collected from the blood (where antibodies are), the lymph nodes (where immune cells that make antibodies are present), and from the bone marrow (where long-lived cells that secrete antibodies are found). This study will take place at the Hope Clinic of Emory University.

The participants who express interest to ads for this research will be contacted by study staff who will provide further information about the study and conduct a primary evaluation of the eligibility criteria. If the participant is interested and verifies the eligibility criteria, a screening visit will be scheduled during which the study staff will go over the informed consent form with the participant. Other study procedures will be performed during this screening visit if the participant agrees to sign the informed consent form.

This study will include a screening visit, a vaccination visit, tissue sampling visits and a series of follow-up visits. During the tissue sampling visits, one or two procedures will be performed: A) Lymph node sampling during which an expert, guided by imaging, will take fine needle aspirates/ core biopsies from a lymph node. B) Bone marrow aspirate during which an expert will aspirate a small amount of bone marrow. Lymph node sampling procedures will be performed no more than two times each and bone marrow aspirations will be performed no more than three times each on the same participant. Other study procedures include a collection of medical history and medications taken, a urine pregnancy test for participants who are biologically able to become pregnant, a recording of vital signs, and a collection of adverse events that the participant experiences during their participation in the study. An HIV test is obtained as well at screening. Memory Aid will be completed by each participant.

The blood, lymph node, and bone marrow samples collected during this study will be stored and tested to evaluate how the immune system has responded to the vaccination over time. The remaining unused samples will be stored for use in future research.

This research will help advance the knowledge the study team has of how the immune system reacts to different vaccines, which will in turn, enable to identification of the factors that help predict the extent of durability of protection gained from a specific vaccine. This will also have a major impact on the way future vaccines are developed to provide long-lasting immunity against infections.

Being tested
Live Attenuated Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine, Quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine
Keywords
Durability, Immune Response

What participants receive

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

  • Live Attenuated Yellow Fever 17D VaccineBiological

    The FDA-approved YF-17D (YF-VAX®) is a live attenuated vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur as a one-dose vial. The vaccine is prepared by culturing the 17D-204 strain of yellow fever virus, contains sorbitol and gelatin as a stabilizer, and contains no preservative. Each vial of vaccine is supplied with a separate vial of sterile diluent, which contains sodium chloride injection USP (United States Pharmacopeia) without a preservative.

  • Quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccineBiological

    The FDA-approved quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine contains four distinct strains: two influenza A viruses and two influenza B viruses. The approved seasonal QIV will be purchased from the manufacturer to be given for each season of influenza.

Study groups in NCT05801978
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
YF-17D VaccinationExperimentalYellow Fever Vaccine (YF-17D) vaccination: Eligible participants will be asked to read the Vaccine Information Sheet for YF-17D per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Participants will then receive the YF-17D vaccine. They will be observed for a minimum of 20 minutes for any immediate hypersensitivity reactions. They will also be given the International Certificate of Vaccination documenting receipt of YF-17D.
Receives: Biological: Live Attenuated Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine
QIV VaccinationExperimentalQuadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine (QIV) vaccination: Eligible participants will be asked to read the Vaccine Information Sheet for QIV per the CDC guidelines. Participants will then receive QIV. They will be observed for a minimum of 20 minutes for any immediate hypersensitivity reactions.
Receives: Biological: Quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine

What is being measured

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

  1. Magnitude of neutralizing antibody (nAB) response against YF-17D in blood

    Magnitude of neutralizing antibody responses against YF-17D at 270 days after vaccination among participants who receive YF-17D.

    Measured: Up to 270 days after vaccination

  2. Magnitude of neutralizing antibody (nAb) response against QIV in blood

    Magnitude of neutralizing antibody responses against influenza vaccine strains at 270 days after vaccination among participants who receive QIV.

    Measured: Up to 270 days after vaccination

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Frequency of adverse events until day 28

    Adverse events of grade 2 or higher (AE, defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of vaccine, without any judgment about causality) will be identified during questioning or examination of participants during study visits or receiving a safety contact from a participant.

    Measured: Until day 28 after vaccination with YF-17D or QIV

  2. Severity of adverse events until day 28

    Adverse events (AE) will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0

    Measured: Until day 28 after vaccination with YF-17D or QIV

  3. Frequency of serious adverse events until day 270

    Serious adverse events (SAE, defined as an AE that in the view of the investigator results in any of the following outcomes: death, a life-threatening adverse event, inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, persistent or significant incapacity or substantial disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, or a congenital anomaly/birth defect) will be identified during questioning or examination of participants during study visits or receiving a safety contact from a participant any time during the study.

    Measured: Until day 270 after vaccination with YF-17D or QIV

  4. Severity of serious adverse events until day 270

    SAE will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0.

    Measured: Until day 270 after vaccination vaccination with YF-17D or QIV

  5. Frequency of adverse events until day 7 after lymph node sampling and/or bone marrow aspiration

    Adverse events (AE) of grade 2 or higher will be identified during questioning or examination of participants during study visits, telephone calls 7 +/- 3 days after lymph node sampling and/or bone marrow aspiration, or receiving a safety contact from a participant.

    Measured: Until day 7 after lymph node sampling and/or bone marrow aspiration

  6. Severity of adverse events until day 7 after lymph node sampling and/or bone marrow aspiration

    SAE will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0.

    Measured: Until day 7 after lymph node sampling and/ or bone marrow aspiration

Timeline

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

  1. First posted6 Apr 2023
  2. Study start11 Apr 2023
  3. Primary completionSep 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionSep 2027 (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
Basic science
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
66 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05801978
Sponsor's protocol ID
STUDY00004930
Other IDs
#W911NF2320019
Status last verified
Jul 2026
First submitted
25 Mar 2023
Last updated
17 Jul 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Live Attenuated Yellow Fever 17D Vaccine and Quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine in people with Vaccine Response, run by Emory University at 3 sites in United States.

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 4 inclusion and 21 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in United States. 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. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Nadine Rouphael, MD (404-712-1435, nroupha@emory.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Magnitude of neutralizing antibody (nAB) response against YF-17D in blood (time frame: Up to 270 days after vaccination). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 17 Jul 2026.

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