H7N9 Vaccination With and Without AS03 and Unadjuvanted H3N2v Vaccination: Standard and Systems Biology Analyses

This is a single center, randomized, partially-blinded, Phase II, small, targeted, prospective study in approximately 30 healthy male and non-pregnant female subjects aged 18 to 49 years old, inclusive, designed to evaluate and compare the immunogenicity between an intramuscular monovalent inactivated influenza A/H7N9 virus vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur given with and without AS03 adjuvant manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, and an intramuscular unadjuvanted monovalent inactivated influenza A/H3N2v virus vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur. The primary objectives are (1) assessing the serum anti-HA hemagglutination-inhibition (HAI) response to influenza A/H7N9 antigen (with and without adjuvant) at Day 57 (approximately one month after the second study vaccination with A/H7N9 vaccine with or without AS03) and influenza A/H3N2v antigen at Day 29 (approximately one month after the study vaccination with A/H3N2v), and (2) identifying differentially expressed genes in human immune cells on Days 2, 4, and 29 (following the first study vaccination with A/H7N9 vaccine with or without AS03) and on Days 30, 32, and 36 (following the second study vaccination with A/H7N9 vaccine with or without AS03), compared to baseline assessments performed prior to each study vaccination (Days -7, 1, and 29). The secondary objectives are: (1) compare plasma cytokine and chemokine profiles at specific time points and between treatment arms at post vaccination points, (2) assess the neutralizing antibody responses to influenza A/H7N9 antigen (with and without adjuvant) at Day 57 (approximately one month after the second study vaccination with A/H7N9 vaccine with or without AS03) and influenza A/H3N2v antigen at Day 29 (approximately one month after the study vaccination with A/H3N2v vaccine), and (3) identify differentially expressed genes in human immune cells on Days 2, 4, and 8 following one intramuscular dose of influenza A/H3N2v vaccine compared to baseline assessments performed prior to study vaccination (Day -7 and Day 1).