Engaging Minority Patient Populations in COVID-19 Clinical Trials
16 June 2020 by CITI Program

At 12 PM ET on Thursday, June 18, CTTI will host Engaging Racial and Ethnic Minority Patient Populations in COVID-19 Clinical Trials. The webinar will…

Recovery From Advanced COVID-19 Accelerated by Remdesivir in NIH Clinical Trial
30 April 2020 by CITI Program

In an NIH clinical trial involving 1063 patients with advanced COVID-19, preliminary results indicate that those who received broad-spectrum antiviral treatment Remdesivir recovered 31% faster…

Researchers Race Toward a COVID-19 Vaccine at Breakneck Speed
29 April 2020 by CITI Program

In recent weeks biotech and clinical research communities have pivoted resources toward developing vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Teams around the world are researching various methods of…

CITI Program Author Charles Hennekens Publishes Several Articles on COVID-19 and Public Health
28 April 2020 by CITI Program

Charles Hennekens, MD, DrPH is one of the expert authors of CITI Program’s Essentials of Public Health Research course. As a respected expert on public…

New Questions and Answers Added to the FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
23 April 2020 by CITI Program

FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency was released in March for industry, investigators, and institutional review…

NIH Begins Trial Evaluating COVID-19 Treatment Regimen
19 May 2020 by CITI Program

This clinical trial will test the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen of the remdesivir plus the anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib for COVID-19. It is…

NIH Study to Quantify Undetected COVID-19 Cases
13 April 2020 by CITI Program

A new NIH study will analyze blood samples from up to 10,000 volunteers without confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the presence of antibodies to the…

OHRP issues guidance on COVID-19
13 April 2020 by CITI Program

On April 8, 2020, the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) issued guidance on the regulatory requirements of 45 CFR 46 and actions taken during…

Scale Training to Help Staff Take on Research Roles
22 April 2020 by CITI Program

Although most research is paused during the global pandemic, there are new COVID-19 research studies starting every day. During this time, organizations may need to…

Technology Use to Manage Patient Care in the Era of COVID-19
10 April 2020 by CITI Program

An article this week in Wired Magazine outlined how physicians and other health care providers in hospitals are using technology to manage patient care in…

Guidance Issued on Defending Against VTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing
7 April 2020 by CITI Program

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an article detailing steps to improve cybersecurity for video-teleconferencing (VTC) platforms. It also recommends several other…

OCR Bulletin: Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
31 March 2020 by CITI Program

On March 28, 2020, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) issued the bulletin Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus…