Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine With Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine and Tetanus/Diphtheria Vaccine

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Pneumococcal Infections

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn whether or not giving a tetanus/diphtheria vaccination ("tetanus shot") before giving pneumococcal vaccine makes the pneumococcal vaccine more effective without causing too many side effects.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00164411

Run by

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

People needed

30

Starts

2004-01-01

Expected to finish

2005-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-14

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Participation in any other investigational clinical trials except purely observational studies within 4 weeks prior to study start
• Any vaccination within 2 weeks prior to first study vaccine
• Evidence of systemic or local infection within one week prior to first study vaccine
• HIV infection
• Renal failure
• Receipt of a pneumococcal or Td vaccine within 5 years
• Current receipt of therapy for neoplastic disease
• Current receipt of immunosuppressive therapy
• Terminal illness withlife expectancy less than 3 months

Where it is running

• Emory University School of Medicine — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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