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Registration number
ACTRN12611001119987
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
26/10/2011
Date registered
26/10/2011
Date last updated
12/07/2018
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Boosting influenza vaccine responses in the elderly using a brief bout of exercise
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Scientific title
Antibody responses to influenza vaccination in the elderly: effects of a brief bout of weight-lifting exercise versus quiet rest immediately before vaccination
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Secondary ID [1]
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3344/2011 The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
U1111-1125-4605
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Trial acronym
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Advanced age
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Influenza vaccine responses
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Condition category
Condition code
Inflammatory and Immune System
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Normal development and function of the immune system
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
A brief (30 minute) moderate intensity weight-lifting exercise task, performed only once immediately prior to receipt of the vaccine. The task includes 4 exercises using weights machines (2 lower body, 2 upper body), which are performed at 60% of previously determined single-repetition maximal strength. All exercise is supervised in the STRONG medicine centre at Balmain hospital, supervised by an exercise physiologist.
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Other
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Intervention code [2]
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Prevention
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Comparator / control treatment
Quiet rest (30 minutes), with participants seated in a chair. Vaccination will be administered after this resting period.
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Response to vaccination, measured by antibody titres specific to influenza strains contained in the vaccine
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline (prior to vaccination), 1 month and 6 months post vaccination
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Response to vaccination measure by T-cell response to antigen (isolated PBMCs interferon-gamma response to stimulation with vaccine).
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline, 1 month, 6 months
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Self-reported incidence of influenza-like illness
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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Throughout study period (6 months immediatly after reciept of vaccine)
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Aged 65 years or older.
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Minimum age
65
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
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Key exclusion criteria
History of vaccine related allergies or side-effects; allergy to any constituent of the vaccine (including eggs and chicken); current immune disorder (including rheumatoid arthritis and asthma) or acute infection; current steroid or anticoagulant medication, any joint injury or pain which restricts completion of the exercise task, or recent history (6 months prior) of strength training
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Allocation will involve contacting the holder of the allocation schedule (CI) who at central administration site.
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Compterised sequence generation
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Stopped early
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Data analysis
Data collected is being analysed
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Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Participant recruitment difficulties
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/03/2012
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Actual
1/03/2012
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
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Actual
1/08/2012
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Date of last data collection
Anticipated
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Actual
1/03/2013
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Sample size
Target
96
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Accrual to date
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Final
48
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
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Recruitment postcode(s) [1]
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2041
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Recruitment postcode(s) [2]
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2039
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations
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Address [1]
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Angel Place,
Level 12, 123 Pitt Street,
Sydney, NSW 2001
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
University of Sydney
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Address
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Hospital
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Name [1]
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Balmain Hospital
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Address [1]
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27 Booth street
Balmain. 2041.
NSW
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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SLHD Human Research Ethics Committee (CRGH)
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Ethics committee address [1]
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c/- Research Development Office Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Missenden Road CAMPERDOWN NSW 2050
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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14/11/2011
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Approval date [1]
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20/01/2012
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
Acute exercise mildly activates the immune system; we have found that a short bout of exercise immediately before receiving a vaccine helps your immune system to respond better and give you more protection from disease. This has been seen in young healthy adults; now we want to test this unusual idea in people who could benefit most: the elderly. Those aged over 65 years are at greatest risk for influenza illness, and have been found to show weakest and worst maintained responses to vaccination. As such, a simple, safe, cheap and cost-effective intervention to enhance the vaccine response in the elderly is highly relevant and offers a unique, promising possibility that should be explored to better protect the elderly from ‘flu.
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Trial website
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Trial related presentations / publications
Edwards KM, Pascoe AR, Fiatarone-Singh MA, Sing NA, Kok, J, Booy R. A randomised controlled trial of resistance exercise prior to administration of influenza vaccination in older adults. Brain, Behavior and Immunity. 2015; e24-e25.
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Dr Kate Edwards
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Address
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University of Sydney,
C42-Cumberland Campus
Lidcombe, 2141
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61290367396
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Kate Edwards
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Address
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University of Sydney
C42-Cumberland Campus
K207 Exercise and Sport Science
Lidcombe, NSW 2141
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Country
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Australia
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Email
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Kate Edwards
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Address
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University of Sydney
C42-Cumberland Campus
K207 Exercise and Sport Science
Lidcombe, NSW 2141
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61290367396
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Email
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DOI
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Acute exercise decreases vaccine reactions following influenza vaccination among older adults.
2020
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100009
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