Vaccines Treatment Options in California

Compared to young adults, the elderly mount a lower antibody response to vaccination. Thus, improvement of the immune response to influenza vaccination in this age group, which is at higher risk for influenza-related morbidity and mortality, represents an important unmet need. Primary Objectives: Immunogenicity: * To demonstrate lot consistency of the Fluzone High Dose (Fluzone HD) manufacturing process through evaluation of the immune responses elicited by three different lots. * To demonstrate the superiority of Fluzone HD vaccine compared to standard-dose Fluzone® vaccine. Secondary Objectives: Immunogenicity: * To describe the seroprotection of Fluzone HD compared to that of standard dose Fluzone® vaccine. Safety: * To describe the safety profile of Fluzone HD, in terms of solicited -, unsolicited adverse and serious adverse events post-vaccination. * To describe clinical information on some additional defined criteria during the six months following vaccination. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of Tovaxin in the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Read Less

The aim of this study is to describe immunogenicity of a single booster dose of Adacel vaccine versus Boostrix vaccine among approximately 420 adolescents 11 to \<13 years of age. Primary objective: * To describe seroprotection rates against tetanus and diphtheria in subjects randomized to receive either Adacel or Boostrix vaccine. Observational objectives: * To describe pre- and post-vaccination tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis geometric mean antibody concentrations (GMCs) in subjects randomized to receive either Adacel or Boostrix vaccine. * To describe booster response rates against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis in subjects randomized to receive either Adacel or Boostrix vaccine. * To describe the rates of adverse events (AEs) immediately post-vaccination, and the rates of unsolicited AEs and serious adverse events (SAEs) following vaccination with Adacel or Boostrix vaccine from Visit 1 through Visit 2. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of Novartis (formerly Chiron) Meningococcal ACWY Conjugate Vaccine administered to healthy children ages 1 - 10 years Read Less

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a person's melanoma cells may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of the cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of melanoma vaccine with that of interferon alfa-2b in treating patients who have stage III melanoma that has spread to regional lymph nodes following surgery. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a vaccine composed of patients' own melanoma cells treated with the chemical, dinitrophenyl (DNP)(called a hapten), is safe and stimulates an immune response to patients' own cancer cells. Read Less

The present study is the first study designed to evaluate safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the cell culture-derived influenza vaccine in healthy children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years. A step-down approach is utilized in which reactogenicity and safety will be assessed in children and adolescents 9 to 17 years of age (Cohort 1) prior to enrolling additional children and adolescents 9 to 17 years of age (Cohort 2) and children 3 to 8 years of age (Cohort 3). Read Less

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness (seroprotection and seroconversion as measured by the hemagglutination inhibition \[HI\] assay) of an investigational Vero cell-derived, trivalent, seasonal influenza vaccine in adults 50 years of age and older. Subjects will be randomized in a double-blind fashion to receive a single intramuscular injection of either the investigational vaccine or a licensed egg-derived seasonal influenza vaccine. Blood will be drawn from all subjects for a determination of HI antibody titers on Days 0 and 21, body temperature and injection site reactions will be monitored daily for 7 days. In addition, subjects will be monitored for adverse events and rises in body temperature until Day 21 and again until Day 180. Read Less

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of illness in infants and children around the world. This study will evaluate the safety and immune response to an RSV vaccine in RSV-seronegative infants and children. This study is a companion study to CIR 291. Read Less

This is a study to assess the safety of a bioCSL split virion, inactivated Trivalent Influenza Virus vaccine containing the 2014/2015 Northern Hemisphere strains of vaccine in children aged 5 years to less than 9 years. Comparison will be made to a licensed Quadrivalent Influenza Virus vaccine that complies with the FDA recommendations for the 2014/2015 influenza season in the US. Read Less

The aim of this trial is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the 2014-2015 formulations of Fluzone® Quadrivalent and Fluzone® Intradermal vaccines in adults 18 to \< 65 years or age, and of the 2014-2015 formulations of Fluzone® Quadrivalent and Fluzone® High-Dose vaccines in adults ≥ 65 years of age. Objectives: * To describe the safety of the 2014-2015 formulations of Fluzone Quadrivalent and Fluzone Intradermal vaccines in adults 18 to \< 65 years of age and the safety of the 2014-2015 formulations of Fluzone® Quadrivalent and Fluzone® High-Dose vaccines in adults ≥ 65 years of age. Observational objectives: * To describe the immunogenicity of the 2014-2015 formulations of Fluzone® Quadrivalent and Fluzone® Intradermal vaccines in adults 18 to \< 65 years of age and the immunogenicity of the 2014-2015 formulations of Fluzone® Quadrivalent and Fluzone ®High-Dose vaccines in adults ≥ 65 years of age. * To evaluate the compliance, in terms of immunogenicity, of each study vaccine (Fluzone® Quadrivalent, Fluzone® Intradermal, and Fluzone® High-Dose) in the applicable age group with the historical requirements of the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) Note for Guidance (NfG) CPMP/BWP/214/96. Read Less

The objective for this study is to characterize the safety profile of PENTACEL® vaccine for identification of potential vaccine-related adverse events not currently associated with PENTACEL® vaccine administration. Read Less