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Engaging Minority Patient Populations in COVID-19 Clinical Trials

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...

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Recovery From Advanced COVID-19 Accelerated by Remdesivir in NIH Clinical Trial

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...

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Researchers Race Toward a COVID-19 Vaccine at Breakneck Speed

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...

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CITI Program Author Charles Hennekens Publishes Several Articles on COVID-19 and Public Health

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...

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New Questions and Answers Added to the FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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...

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NIH Begins Trial Evaluating COVID-19 Treatment Regimen

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...

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NIH Study to Quantify Undetected COVID-19 Cases

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...

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OHRP issues guidance on COVID-19

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...

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Scale Training to Help Staff Take on Research Roles

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...

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Technology Use to Manage Patient Care in the Era of COVID-19

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...

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