New HHS Fact Sheet: COVID-19’s Impact on Minorities
10 June 2020 by CITI Program

The HHS has released HHS Initiatives to Address the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on African Americans and Other Racial and Ethnic Minorities. It covers the…

FDA Issues New COVID-19 Guidance for IRBs and Clinical Investigators
4 June 2020 by CITI Program

In order to support response efforts to this pandemic, the FDA has issued guidance to provide non-binding recommendations regarding the key factors and procedures IRBs…

Technology, Ethics, and COVID-19
3 June 2020 by CITI Program

Read AI, Robots, and Ethics in the Age of COVID-19 published by MIT’s “Sloan Management Review” for an expert’s perspective on the impact of robots…

CITI Program Contributor Kelly Willenberg Has a New Research Blog
2 June 2020 by CITI Program

Kelly Willenberg, DBA, RN, CCRP, CHRC, CHC is one of CITI Program’s expert contributors in clinical trial billing. As a respected expert in the research…

COVID-19 Trial Shows Remdesivir is Superior to Standard Treatment
26 May 2020 by CITI Program

According to the authors of a recently published article in the New England Journal of Medicine, findings from the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial, support remdesivir…

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…