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Vaccine Therapy in Preventing Flu in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00022035
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Flu vaccine may help the body build an immune response and decrease the occurrence of flu in children who are receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

PURPOSE: Clinical trial to study the effectiveness of vaccine therapy in preventing flu in children who have acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Condition Intervention
Infection
Leukemia
Drug: trivalent influenza vaccine

MedlinePlus related topics:   Cancer    Flu    Leukemia, Adult Acute    Leukemia, Adult Chronic    Leukemia, Childhood   

ChemIDplus related topics:   Influenza Vaccines    Fluvirin   

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Interventional
Study Design:   Supportive Care
Official Title:   Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity in Children During and After Therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date:   August 2000

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the immune response, in terms of the formation of protective antibody titers to influenza, in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with split-virus trivalent influenza vaccine.
  • Correlate the formation of protective antibody titers following immunization with the absolute neutrophil counts and absolute lymphocyte counts in these patients at the time of vaccination.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to current treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (consolidation chemotherapy vs maintenance chemotherapy vs off therapy for the past 6 months).

Patients receive split-virus trivalent influenza vaccine intramuscularly once or twice at 4 weeks apart for 2 doses.

Patients are followed at week 5. Patients receiving 2 doses of vaccine are also followed at week 9.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 175 patients (50 receiving consolidation therapy, 75 receiving maintenance therapy, and 50 off therapy) will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   1 Year to 20 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    • In first remission after completion of induction chemotherapy
    • Currently on active treatment OR
    • Completed treatment within the past 6 months

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 1 to 20 at time of diagnosis

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Pulmonary:

  • No acute respiratory distress

Other:

  • No history of Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • No history of hypersensitivity to chicken eggs, egg products, or components of influenza virus vaccine, including thimerosal
  • No febrile illness with fever over 100.4 degrees F
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • At least 7 days since prior antibiotic or antiviral therapy except prophylactic antibiotics
  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00022035

Locations
United States, New Jersey
Hackensack University Medical Center    
      Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
United States, New York
Roswell Park Cancer Institute    
      Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263-0001

Sponsors and Collaborators
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators
Study Chair:     Martin L. Brecher, MD     Roswell Park Cancer Institute    
  More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site
 

Study ID Numbers:   CDR0000068742, RPCI-RP-9912, NCI-G01-1990
First Received:   August 10, 2001
Last Updated:   July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00022035
Health Authority:   United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission  
infection  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Lymphatic Diseases
Leukemia
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Influenza, Human
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Immune System Diseases
Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 05, 2008




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