Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that children (6-18 years) and adults (≥19 years old) with chronic lung condition such as asthma or cigarette smoking be vaccinated with Pneumococcal vaccine (PPSV23). The purpose of this study is to increase awareness of vaccination to late adolescents with asthma and smokers (social aspect of study), and to recommend vaccination (which is the clinical aspect). Individuals who agree to receiving vaccine will be enrolled in research to determine whether late adolescents with and without asthma (smokers) have distinctive pneumococcal vaccine response patterns and whether such patterns are associated with subsequent variance in asthma outcomes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Change in asthma Control Status
Change in asthma control status will be assessed at end of 1 year follow up. Included would be Asthma Control Test (ACT) Score
Time frame: approximately 1 year
Comparison of PPSV23 vaccine serotype specific antibody response between asthmatic and non-asthmatic smokers
Vaccine response in form of serotype titers to pneumococcal antigens will be measured 4-6 weeks after vaccination and post vaccine titers will be compared with pre-vaccine titers between asthmatics and non-asthmatics (smokers)
Time frame: Vaccine response will be measured at 4 to 6 weeks after administration of vaccine
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