INfluenza Vaccine to Effectively Stop Cardio Thoracic Events and Decompensated heart failure (INVESTED)

Date Added
October 18th, 2016
PRO Number
Pro00059616
Researcher
Bhavadharini Ramu

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Keywords
Cardiovascular, Heart, Vaccine
Summary

INVESTED is a multi-site trial comparing high-dose (60 μg per vaccine viral strain) trivalent influenza vaccine to standard-dose (15 μg per viral strain) quadrivalent influenza vaccination for up to three influenza seasons in high-risk cardiovascular disease patients with a history of myocardial infarction in the previous 12 months OR history of heart failure hospitalization in the previous 24 months. Subjects will be randomly assigned to receive either the high-dose or standard-dose vaccine.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Ricardo Cantu
843-792-8894
cantur@musc.edu



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