A Study To Examine Serologic Response In Hospitalized Patients Receiving Polyvalent Pneumococcal Vaccine

NCT00955851 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2010-07-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Investigators in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Hospital Medicine of The George Washington University Medical Center are carrying out a study to determine if hospitalized patients receiving the polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine during an acute illness develop an adequate antibody response. The study group will consist of individuals diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to the Medicine ward under the Pneumonia Core Measure Protocol, which assigns appropriate patients for vaccination based on the current guidelines from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Pre and post vaccination titers

Titers will be obtained pre vaccination and 4 weeks post vaccination

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • George Washington University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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