Surprising clinical advances may be in store at several Spanish hospitals in the coming months. Among them, District Hospital Malaga.it’s about to start Influenza vaccine co-administered with Spanish Covid-19 vaccine Bimervax. The purpose is to verify the effect of two vaccines administered at the same time in humans. One of the researchers who conducted the study in Malaga was a local doctor, Maria Jesus Lopez. He described the research as “an innovative experiment”.
The idea for this project came from an interest in verifying if it would be Two vaccines can be administered at the same time: The popular flu virus (as we all know it) and the Spanish Covid-19 virus Bimervax, from the recently created pharmaceutical company HIPRA.
Suffice it to say, no similar type of research has been conducted so far.These kinds of trials are usually done when you’re going to test a vaccine, but for the HIPRA vaccine and the flu vaccine that we’re going to use, let’s say it’s an innovative trial
Lopez confirmed that they tried to verify whether the local and systemic side effects of these vaccines would increase or remain the same as the vaccine alone. The same goes for the immune response: to see if the user’s body responds the same to two doses as it does to just one.
«Assumption So far, no similar type of research has been done. This type of trial is usually done when testing vaccines, but with the HIPRA vaccine and the flu vaccine that we are going to use, we can say that this is an innovative trial,” admits López.
stage of research
Lopez said they have received authorization from the study’s sponsors to conduct the study. The study, which will last two months, is the first of their kind currently underway.
Currently, in the first phase, they are looking for 300 volunteers over the age of 65 across the country.Additionally, these volunteers will need to take at least two doses of Pfizer or Moderna; those Messenger RNA.
After the second month, the study will proceed as follows: Three groups will be created in the trial; the first will receive the HIPRA vaccine along with the flu vaccine. The second group will receive the Bimervax vaccine and a placebo dose without their knowledge, and the third group will receive the flu vaccine and another placebo dose in the same way.
“this Groups will be randomly formed. On the first day, patients will have blood drawn, immunizations and provide logs. On the seventh day, they were called back for a consultation to see what adverse effects were described in the notebook. On the 28th of the month, another blood sample will be collected and analyzed along with the initial sample,” explained the researcher.
Why take a placebo? The immune effect of each vaccine is examined separately; that is, whether the organism responds differently to the two vaccines than it would without them.
positive response
If we meet the deadlines required by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Healthcare Products, we will be able to administer the HIPRA vaccine alongside the flu vaccine in the next campaign in two months
Lopez confirmed that if this is an effective trial, it could be launched at the national level soon. “If we meet the deadlines required by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Healthcare Products, we will be able to administer the HIPRA vaccine alongside the flu vaccine in the next campaign in two months,” he added.
this World Health Organization (WHO) He assured in May of this year that the global pandemic situation is over despite the lingering presence of the coronavirus.Lopez assured that despite growing skepticism about vaccines, volunteer Despite not meeting the study’s inclusion criteria, Malaga’s response was positive.
Lopez, on the other hand, assured that it is completely safe to get both vaccines at the same time, even with as many as three or four shots given in some cases.
“We only let the patient rest for about 15 minutes after the injection because there could be an immediate effect. But, usually nothing happens“, Add to.
this Negative Effects These vaccines are also well known. Lopez explained that they have been authorized and marketed by the competent authorities, and anyone can buy anti-flu drugs in pharmacies.
Therefore, the aim of the study was to verify whether these adverse effects were similar to those already documented, enhanced, or conversely absent, except for local pain in the puncture area. «Their possible effects and those that have been studied include: headache, and to a lesser extent tiredness or fatigue» the researchers explain.
Whether the trial is successful and when the practice will be extended to the entire population remains to be seen, a study with high hopes.