Can a simple flu shot protect transplant patients?
NCT ID NCT01086904
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested an inactivated H1N1 flu vaccine in 122 kidney transplant recipients who were at least 6 months post-transplant and on triple immunosuppression. The goal was to see if the vaccine could safely trigger an immune response. Researchers measured antibody levels and tracked side effects over several months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- inactivated non-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a standard flu vaccine can safely protect kidney transplant patients, who are at higher risk from flu.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed phase 2 trial, so results may not apply to all transplant patients. The vaccine may not trigger a strong enough immune response due to their immunosuppressant drugs.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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122 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Nov 2009
- Finished
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May 2010
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Age \> 18 and \< 60 years old * Signed information consent * Social security coverage * Renal transplantation \> 6 months with a creatinine clearance \> 20 ml/mn * Stable renal function defined as serum creatinine variation \< 20 % for the last three months * Receiving a triple immunosuppression regimen including steroids, Calcineurine inhibitors (cyclosporine or Tacrolimus), and IMPDH inhibitors (Mycophenolate Mofetil or mycophenolic acid) * Regular follow-up For child bearing aged female: * Negative urinary HCG * Contraception during the first three months of the study Exclusion criteria: * Poor renal function defined as creatinine clairance \< 20 ml/mn * Unstable renal function defined as serum creatinine variations \> 20 % during the last 3 months * Cellular or humoral acute rejection episode during the last 3 months before inclusion * Known HIV, HBV or HCV infection * Other vaccine administered during the last 3 weeks before inclusion or scheduled in the month after the second vaccine injection * Known allergy to egg proteins or to one the vaccine compounds * Severe adverse events after prior administration of any influenza vaccine * Multiple sclerosis * Past history of Guillain Barre syndrome * Fever at inclusion * H1N1 influenza episode with positive virological tests during the last 6 months * Contact with people infected with H1N1 influenza during the week prior to inclusion * Cancer requiring radiotherapy or chemotherapy during the last 6 months * Blood transfusion during the last 3 months * Pregnancy during the last 3 months * No follow-up
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, service de néphrologie transplantation
Pierre-Bénite, Lyon, 69495, France
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Hôpital E. Herriot , Service de néphrologie, transplantation et immunologie clinique
Lyon, 69437, France
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Service d'urologie, GH Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris, 75013, France
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