This protocol is designed to evaluate safety, clinical tolerability and immunogenicity of the 2007 southern hemisphere formulation of a Novartis conventional influenza vaccine licensed in the EU and many other worldwide countries, according to the US FDA Draft Guidance for Industry "Clinical data needed to support the licensure of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine", issued in March 2006, and to evaluate safety, clinical tolerability and immunogenicity of the 2007 southern hemisphere formulation of a Novartis conventional influenza vaccine already licensed in US. The purpose of the control arm is primarily to provide a comparative assessment for safety, not immunogenicity or effectiveness.
Two intramuscular injections of the investigational influenza virus vaccine administered 4 weeks part to group 3 to 8 years of age while one injection was administered to groups 9 to 17 years of age and 18 to 64 years of age.
Two intramuscular injections were administered 4 weeks apart to group 3 to 8 years of age while one injection was administered to groups 9 to 17 years of age and 18 to 64 years of age.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina