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NCT07110532
PHASE1

pH1N1 Blinded Challenge Study

Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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Summary

This protocol describes a clinical trial to develop and validate a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) for influenza A/Arkansas/08/2020 (pH1N1). The study is designed to determine the optimal infectious dose of the pH1N1 challenge strain for use in future clinical trials evaluating influenza countermeasures. The study will enroll and challenge adult volunteers with the pH1N1 influenza virus challenge or sham inoculations. Given the adaptive design of this trial, the potential number of participants can vary. Depending on the pathway recommended by the PSRT and followed in the Trial Schema, the study population can range from around 30 to 99. The anticipated final sample size will be approximately 90 receiving pH1N1 challenge product plus and 6 persons receiving a sham inoculation. Participants will be pre-screened for health and for serological HAI antibody titers of \</1:40 against the challenge strain. Eligible participants will be enrolled sequentially into challenge cohorts and will be randomly assigned to receive a single dose of either sham inoculation or the interventional study product at a dose between 10\^6 to 10\^7 TCID50 (or 10\^5 TCID50 if needed). Dose titration will be conducted under an adaptive escalation schedule whereby dosing will start at 10\^6 TCID50 and escalate to the next dose if a pre-determined symptomatic influenza attack rate and clinical symptom score thresholds are not met and if the dose is determined to be safe with no pre-defined halting criteria being met. The primary objectives of this study are to determine the optimal infectious dose of a pH1N1 viral challenge to cause laboratory-confirmed clinical influenza and to assess the safety profile of pH1N1 viral challenge.

Official title: A Double-Blinded, Randomized Influenza Virus Challenge Trial of Recombinant Influenza RG-A/Arkansas/08/2020 (pH1N1) in Healthy Adults to Assess Safety and Optimal Infectious Dose

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 55 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

90

Start Date

2025-09-10

Completion Date

2026-08-18

Last Updated

2026-04-08

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

A/Arkansas/08/2020 (pH1N1)

GMP-grade, cell-based influenza A (pH1N1) virus (Lot #24-005), derived via reverse genetics for use in controlled human infection studies.

OTHER

Sham/Diluent (1X SPG+Arg+Gel)

Sterile diluent containing 1X Sucrose Phosphate Glutamate (SPG), 1% arginine, and 1% hydrolyzed gelatin, used as a sham comparator in the human challenge trial.

Locations (2)

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Duke Vaccine and Trials Unit

Durham, North Carolina, United States