Does the flu shot work in IBD patients on immune drugs?
NCT ID NCT01022749
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested how well the flu vaccine works and if it's safe for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Researchers compared 228 adults with IBD who were either taking immunosuppressive drugs or not. The goal was to see if the vaccine triggers a strong immune response in both groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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228 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Sep 2009
- Finished
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Jul 2013
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 64 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 : * informed consent signed * Age between 18 to 64 * Patient suffering from chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or indeterminate colitis) * For patients receiving at least one immunosuppressive or anti-TNF therapy: treatment introduced for at least 3 months * Patient willing to participate in the study throughout its duration and acceptance procedures related to the study (blood samples, self questionnaires, nasal swab and telephone follow-up) Exclusion criteria : * Patient treated by corticosteroid alone without immunosuppressive or anti-TNF * For women, being pregnant or positive pregnancy test * Known allergy to any component of the study vaccine or a history of hypersensitivity reaction to influenza vaccination * Fever (at least 37.5°C measured orally) or acute infection in the week prior to vaccination * Received influenza vaccination in the 6 months preceding enrollment * Known history of progressive neuropathy or Guillain-Barre * Known infection with HIV and/or HBV (Ag-HBs positive) and/or HCV * Other causes of severe immune deficiency * Cellular therapy, immunoglobulin infusions, of blood products or monoclonal antibodies (except anti-TNF) in the 3 months prior to vaccination * Patient deprived of freedom by an administrative or court order * Patient non affiliated to a health social security system
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CIC Vaccinologie Hopital Cochin
Paris, 75014, France
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