FluPRINT Study: Understanding the nasal flu vaccine
Would you like your child to be vaccinated against the influenza virus?
The Oxford Vaccine Group are inviting healthy children aged 4-6 years to take part in an influenza (commonly known as flu) research study, to help us understand how the vaccine works.
What is the study about? In 2017 the hepatitis B vaccine was added to the UK routine immunisation programme in the form of the ‘6-in-1’ vaccine, immunising against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae b and hepatitis B virus. There are currently two licensed 6-in-1 vaccines called Infanrix hexa (6 in 1(IH)) and Vaxelis (6 in 1(V)). 6 in 1(IH) is currently used routinely in the UK.
Understanding RSV: Severe disease and the long term consequences
Oxford Vaccine Group are inviting volunteers to take part in a study to help us learn more about the virus that most commonly causes coughs, colds and chest infections in young children, and sometimes causes children to be so unwell they have to be admitted to hospital.
Some facts about RSV disease (respiratory syncytial virus):
The Oxford Vaccine Group is recruiting infants aged 4 – 7 months to a type 1 diabetes prevention trial. POInT (Primary Oral Insulin Trial) is recruiting infants who were screened for diabetes at birth through the INGR1D Study and have been found to be at high risk for developing diabetes.
The Oxford Vaccine Group are inviting students in school year 12 to take part in a research project to understand whether immunising teenagers with vaccines against ‘Meningitis B’ could protect them and the rest of the community against these potentially deadly bacteria. This is a national study involving 24 000 year 12 students across the United Kingdom. Teenagers at participating schools are being asked to take part by local research teams involved.
RSV is a virus;
We would like to identify 2000 babies from birth and follow them up to see if any become unwell with RSV disease
Are you a parent or guardian of a child aged 0-5 years?
You may be interested in taking part in a study about vaccine attitudes.
This study is run by Oxford Vaccine Group, part of the University of Oxford.
What is the study about?
We will be holding focus groups (discussions) with small groups of parents of children aged 0-5 years.
Welcome to the ‘nose swab’ study
This study will help us better understand pneumococcal carriage and disease.
To find out more about pneumococcal disease please visit the vaccine knowledge website. (http://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/pneumococcal-disease)
If you are interested in this study, the full information booklet is available HERE
The IgNiTE Study
A study testing a new treatment for children with encephalitis.
The Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with NHS Trusts across the United Kingdom, is currently running a study for hospitalised children with encephalitis. The study will assess whether a treatment called intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg, sometimes referred to as antibody treatment) has any benefit for these children when given early during the hospital admission.