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ArticleNPJ vaccines2026

An mRNA influenza vaccine induces immunity comparable to an adjuvanted vaccine in a randomized trial.

Carole Henry, Daniel Makrinos, Runxia Liu, Maria Cavallaro, Brooke Fenderson, Yanbo Sun, Xiaolin Chang, Eleanor Astley, Bethany Girard, Wen-Han Yu and 3 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05397223 (Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of Modified mRNA Vaccines Using a Systems Biology Approach in Healthy Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05397223 phase1completednot on this map

Study to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of Modified mRNA Vaccines Using a Systems Biology Approach in Healthy Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorModernaTX, Inc.Ran2022 to 2026Enrolled308ConditionsSARS-CoV-2, Seasonal Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, CytomegalovirusArmsmRNA-1273, mRNA-1010, mRNA-1345, FLUAD®, mRNA-1647
3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Carole Henry *Moderna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Daniel Makrinos *Moderna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Runxia LiuModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Maria CavallaroModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Brooke FendersonModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Yanbo SunModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Xiaolin ChangModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Eleanor AstleyModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Bethany GirardModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Wen-Han YuModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jaap OostendorpModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Anthony DiPiazzaModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Robert ParisModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA. Robert.Paris@modernatx.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. This randomized, open-label, phase 1 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05397223, date of registration: May 31, 2022) compared the immunogenicity of an mRNA-based quadrivalent influenza hemagglutinin (HA) vaccine (mRNA-1010) with a licensed comparator (FLUAD) in adults aged 18-75 years. We evaluated humoral and cellular immune responses using hemagglutination inhibition assays, flow cytometry-based memory B cell (MBC) profiling, and intracellular cytokine staining for T-cell characterization. Both vaccines elicited durable hemagglutination inhibition titers and increased HA-specific MBC responses across four vaccine strains. Compared with FLUAD, mRNA-1010 induced higher frequencies of classical and activated MBCs specific to the H3 HA included in the vaccine, while inducing similar MBC responses to the other strains. mRNA-1010 and FLUAD generated strong HA-specific CD4

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PMCPMC12901179

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