Clinical trials: Innate Immunity
Influenza
Immune Responses to H5N1 Vaccine With and Without AS03 Adjuvant
Background: Adjuvants are substances included in vaccines that stimulate the immune system and increase the body's response to the vaccine. The AS03 adjuvant is used in seasonal flu vaccines in Europe.
- Trial name
- NCT01578317
- Testing
- H5N1 vaccine plus AS03 adjuvant, H5N1 vaccine without adjuvant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Common Cold
Effect of Probiotic on the Innate and Adaptive Host Response to Rhinovirus (EPIARR)
The study is designed to assess the effect of ingestion of a probiotic on innate and adaptive host responses to rhinovirus infection.
- Trial name
- EPIARR (NCT01669603)
- Testing
- Bifidobacterium lactis Bl-04, Rhinovirus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 789 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Acute Coronary Syndrome
The Impact of Aspirin Dose Modification on the Innate Immune Response - Will Lower Dose Aspirin Therapy Reduce the Response to Endotoxin
Heart attacks are usually caused by clots in a coronary artery, depriving the heart muscle of blood. Platelets are the main type of blood cell causing clots to form and physicians typically give a combination of two anti-platelet…
- Trial name
- WILLOW TREE (NCT03869268)
- Testing
- Aspirin, Ticagrelor
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma
Development of Human Nasal Challenge Models With Microbial Constituents and Grass Pollen
The investigators propose the development of a range of nasal spray challenge models to study the way the nose can respond to different types of nasal challenge that elicit different forms of inflammation.
- Conditions
- Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma, Latent Tuberculosis
- Trial name
- NCT02090374
- Testing
- Poly ICLC, Poly I:C, R848
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Sepsis Syndrome
Use of a Live Attenuated Vaccine as an Immune-based Preventive Against COVID-19-associated Sepsis
The objective of this randomized clinical trial is to test whether administration of live attenuated MMR vaccine (measles mumps rubella; Merck) to eligible adults at highest risk for contracting COVID-19 (healthcare workers…
- Trial name
- NCT04475081
- Testing
- MMR vaccine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Innate Immune Response
γ-irradiated BCG to Train Innate Immunity
Rationale: The live attenuated Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine protects against extrapulmonary infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and leprosy.
- Trial name
- NCT02259608
- Testing
- BCG vaccine SSI
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Ivermectin
Ivermectin and Human Immunity
We hypothesize that ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasitic worm infections, interacts with the human innate immune system and that this contributes to its anti-parasitic effects.
- Trial name
- NCT03459794
- Testing
- Ivermectin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Georgia
Hepatitis B
Pilot Study: Gene Expression Profiling of Immune Response to HBV Vaccination in Healthy Volunteers
Vaccines have been responsible for preventing millions of deaths and extending the average human lifespan. Effective vaccines stimulate the cells of the immune system to activate genes and associated functions that bring about…
- Trial name
- NCT02055365
- Testing
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rockefeller University
Influenza
Systems Biology of Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (TIV) in Young and Elderly
Vaccination is the most effective way of preventing infectious diseases. Despite the success of vaccines in general, vaccines induce diminished antibody responses and lower protection in the elderly in particular.
- Trial name
- NCT01232868
- Testing
- trivalent Influenza vaccine (TIV)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Innate Inflammatory Response, Vaccination
PFAS Exposure and Immune Response to Vaccination in Adults
This clinical trial aims to investigate how exposure to Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), a type of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS), affects the immune response to the standard tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine.
- Conditions
- Innate Inflammatory Response, Vaccination, Diphtheria, Tetanus
- Trial name
- NCT06588530
- Testing
- TENIVAC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Skin Disease
A Study to Document the Effect of Petrolatum on Innate Immune Responses in the Skin
Petrolatum is a very well-known emollient that has been used since the 1800's. Not only has it been used to help with dry skin, but it is also marketed as a substance that protects minor cuts and burns.
- Trial name
- NCT02338076
- Testing
- Petrolatum application under occlusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rockefeller University
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Innate Immunity and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection in Children
In this project we will study the capacity for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in TLR4 gene to induce varying levels of inflammatory chemokine and cytokine production.
- Trial name
- IIRI (NCT00593918)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Protein Restriction, Diet
Inflammation and Protein Restriction
There is strong scientific data that supports that short-term protein restrictive diets reduce surgical stress responses. The investigators are hoping to use the information collected from the blood serum and muscle tissue of…
- Conditions
- Protein Restriction, Diet, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03995979
- Testing
- 4 Day Protein Restricted Diet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Fibromyalgia
The Innate Central Nervous System Immune Response to an Experimental Immune Challenge in People With Fibromyalgia
The major goal of this study is to determine if the innate immune response is dysregulated in people with fibromyalgia, compared to healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT04263454
- Testing
- Endotoxin, Escherichia Coli, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Prematurity
Effect of Colostrum on Mucosal Immunity in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBWs) Premature Infants
Background: Infection in preterm infants is a common, costly, and devastating problem frequently causing death or sequelae for survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT01776268
- Testing
- Oral priming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kidney Stone
Dietary Oxalate and Innate Immunity in Kidney Stone Disease
This study will test whether oxalate stimulates urinary crystals and impacts the immune system in healthy subjects using two controlled diets (low and high oxalate).
- Trial name
- NCT04051346
- Testing
- Low Oxalate Diet, High Oxalate Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Innate Immune Response, Immune Tolerance
The Effects of Preceding LPS Administration on the Fluenz-induced Immune Response
To evaluate the bacterial-viral interactions between LPS and Fluenz as a model for sepsis (bacterial) and Influenza (viral) infections which are common and associated with high mortality rates in the ICU.
- Trial name
- LPS-Fluenz (NCT02642237)
- Testing
- Fluenz, LPS
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Influenza
Innate and Acquired Immunity to Influenza Infection and Immunization (SLVP029)
The purpose of the study is to get a better understanding of the natural and adaptive immune response to the flu virus and to compare the immune cell responses to FDA-licensed flu vaccines in nasal mucosal cells and in blood.
- Trial name
- NCT03028974
- Testing
- Fluzone®, FluMist®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
HIV Infections
Antiviral Activity of Peg-IFN-Alpha-2A in Chronic HIV-1 Infection
The objective of the study is to compare two different doses of Peg-INF-α-2A (90 or 180 ug/wk) for their ability to maintain viral control when initiated 5 weeks before ART (antiretroviral therapy) interruption in HIV positive…
- Trial name
- NCT00594880
- Testing
- Pegylated Interferon-alpha 2a, 180 mcg/week sc, Pegylated Interferon-alpha 2a, 90 mcg/week sc
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- The Wistar Institute
Acne Vulgaris
"Clinical Trial to Determine the Efficacy of Vitamin D for Acne Therapy"
The purpose of this study is to study the effects of topical Vitamin D cream (Calcipotriene, also known as Dovonex) on acne. The information gained from this study may lead to new treatments for acne.
- Trial name
- NCT01694433
- Testing
- Calcipotriene
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles