New flu vaccine with booster additive enters human trials
NCT ID NCT06824519
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new seasonal flu vaccine that includes an adjuvant (ZFA02) to potentially boost the immune response. The trial involves 620 adults aged 18 and older, split into low-dose and high-dose groups, with some receiving a placebo. Researchers will monitor side effects and measure antibody levels to see how well the vaccine works against four flu strains.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Influenza vaccine (split virion, inactivated, quadrivalent) with ZFA02 adjuvant
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more effective seasonal flu vaccine that provides broader protection against multiple flu strains.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial (phase 1/2) with only 620 participants, so the vaccine may not prove safe or effective in larger populations. Side effects like injection-site reactions or fever are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 620 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. When signing the informed consent form, be at least 18 years old and provide valid identification; 2. The subject is able to understand the procedures and methods of this clinical trial, has given sufficient informed consent, voluntarily participated, and signed an informed consent form by the subject themselves; 3. On the day of enrollment, axillary temperature was ≤ 37.0 ℃; 4. Female and male participants of childbearing age: agree to take effective contraceptive measures within 6 months after vaccination. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The laboratory test indicators specified in the protocol are abnormal and clinically significant before vaccination (only for Phase I); 2. Have contracted influenza within the past 6 months prior to enrollment (confirmed by any clinical or microbiological method); 3. Previously or currently suffering from autoimmune or immunodeficiency diseases; 4. Previous history of severe allergies to any vaccine/drug or any component of the experimental vaccine, such as anaphylactic shock, allergic laryngeal edema, allergic purpura, thrombocytopenic purpura, respiratory distress, angioneurotic edema, or individuals with an allergic constitution (such as allergies to two or more drugs, food, or pollen); History of severe allergy to eggs or egg protein; 5. Have received any influenza vaccine within the 6 months prior to enrollment, or plan to receive influenza vaccine other than the vaccine used in this trial during the trial period (before completing the immunization and collecting blood samples); 6. Within 30 days prior to enrollment, any investigational or unregistered products (drugs, vaccines, or devices) have been used, or are planned to be used during the trial period (except for the vaccine used in this trial) (before completing the immunization and collecting blood samples); 7. The interval between receiving attenuated live vaccines before enrollment is less than 30 days, and the interval between receiving other non live vaccines is less than 14 days; 8. Within the first 3 days of enrollment, have experienced acute illness or are in the acute phase of chronic illness; 9. Used antipyretic, analgesic, or anti allergic drugs within 3 days prior to enrollment; 10. Use immunoglobulin and/or any blood products within 3 months prior to enrollment, or plan to use them during the trial period (before completing immunization and collecting blood samples); 11. Long term use of immunosuppressants or other immunomodulatory drugs (defined as continuous use for more than 14 days) within the first 3 months of enrollment, such as a glucocorticoid dose of ≥ 0.5 mg/kg/day (inhalation and local steroid hormones are not restricted); 12. Absence of spleen, functional absence of spleen, and splenectomy caused by any condition; 13. Any obvious coagulation dysfunction or history of anticoagulant therapy; 14. History of epilepsy, encephalopathy, and malignant tumors; 15. Suffering from serious cardiovascular system diseases, serious hypertension with unstable drugs (systolic pressure ≥ 160mmHg and/or diastolic pressure ≥ 100mmHg), diabetes with serious complications and other serious chronic diseases; 16. Currently suffering from respiratory system diseases (including pneumonia, tuberculosis, severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, etc.), acute liver and kidney diseases (severe impairment of liver and kidney function), mental disorders (such as schizophrenia, depression, affective disorders, etc.), etc; 17. Women of childbearing age who are breastfeeding, pregnant, or have a positive urine pregnancy test before enrollment; 18. Plan to move out of the local area before the end of the study or plan to leave the local area for a long time during the study visit; 19. According to the researchers' judgment, the subjects have any other factors that are not suitable for participating in the clinical trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hebei Province Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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