Clinical Trial: Intrahospital Influenza Vaccination in Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk (VACC-UP)

U.S., July 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07721649) titled 'Intrahospital Influenza Vaccination in Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk (VACC-UP)' on July 18.

Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of offering intrahospital influenza vaccination as an adjunct to active counseling during the index hospitalization to adult patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or congestive heart failure (CHF), compared with active counseling alone, on influenza vaccination rates in patients at high cardiovascular risk.

Patients are randomized 1:1 to either an offer of bedside intrahospital influenza vaccination according to the recommendations of the German Standing ...