Study of a Pandemic Influenza Vaccine in Elderly Participants

Summary

The World Health Organisation has warned that an influenza pandemic is inevitable. The avian influenza H5N1 virus strain is one of the leading candidates to cause the next influenza pandemic. The elderly are likely to be a special target group for vaccination; therefore, this study will test the safety and immunogenicity of a H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine in a healthy elderly population.

Timeline

Start

2006-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-06

Drugs

Indications