Clinical Trials

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November 17, 2020

• Rutgers Recruiting Participants for Johnson & Johnson Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial

September 21, 2020

• Data from two clinical trials may revive interest in arthritis drugs
• UW Health focuses on improving diversity in clinical trials

September 20, 2020

• Trials begin for plasma treatment

September 19, 2020

• Russia's vaccine candidate Sputnik V to have India clinical trials

September 18, 2020

• Roche's Actemra reduces need for mechanized ventilation

September 17, 2020

• Moderna and Pfizer reveal secret blueprints for vaccine trials

September 13, 2020

• Vaccine makers keep safety details quiet, alarming scientists

September 10, 2020

• Researchers begin clinical trials examining blood thinners as treatment

September 9, 2020

• Oxford University vaccine trial paused after participant falls ill

September 4, 2020

• The first clinical trial to support vitamin D therapy for COVID

August 25, 2020

• Bahrain starts Phase III trial of Sinopharm's vaccine
• 'Warp Speed' COVID vaccine efforts aim for diverse volunteers, long-lasting protection

August 24, 2020

• China says it began public use of vaccine a month ago, bypassing clinical trials
• University Hospitals chosen as clinical trial site for vaccine

August 23, 2020

• Betting on better drug trials to beat COVID

August 22, 2020

• COVID and readjusting clinical trials

August 20, 2020

• Synthetic cannaboid drug approved for Phase I clinical trials

August 13, 2020

• U Minnesota opens clinical trial for new treatment

August 11, 2020

• NEJM: Racial disproportionality in clinical trials

August 4, 2020

• Pitt researchers involved in clinical trial for treatment option

July 30, 2020

• List of promising drugs against COVID leads to new treatment trial
• Northwestern launches registry for vaccine trials

July 28, 2020

• Yale to lead trial of potential COVID treatment
• Kansas U medical school needs volunteers to test promising vaccine

July 27, 2020

• Vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers
• The color of COVID: will trials reflect America's diversity?
• US invests $472M in Moderna for vaccine
• Late-stage clinical trial for Moderna's vaccine launched
• Vaccine trial started at Emory expands to largest in the world

July 26, 2020

• UCLA researcher receives state grant for potential drug treatment

July 24, 2020

• Doctor who recovered from COVID now leads clinical trials
• Hopeful research: two vaccines show promise
• UC San Diego: National clinical trial launches

July 23, 2020

• Using global network of adaptive trials to fight COVID
• NIH to start 'flurry' of large studies of potential treatments

July 21, 2020

• Stanford: older adults excluded, underrepresented in clinical trials

July 20, 2020
Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough'
July 9, 2020

• Emory key part of newly launched NIH network of clinical trials
• NIIAID creates new drug, vaccine trial network
• UC Health launches vaccine trial for 1,000 in Colorado

July 7, 2020

• India's second vaccine candidate gets approval for human trials
• Constant Therapeutics' TXA127 to be tested in multiple clinical trials

July 6, 2020

• Regeneron antibody therapy enters late-stage trials
• CSL Behring begins phase II study of COVID therapy
• Bharath Biotech to start human trials of vaccine
• Brazil to begin Phase 3 of vaccine trial July 20
• Washington-based biotech company advances treatment trials

June 29, 2020

• Levine Children's selected as one of 30 sites worldwide to open remdesivir clinical trial
• Drug studies could highlight speed, flexibility and reduced risk of virtual clinical trials

June 28, 2020

• Celltex Therapeutics FDA Approval for Phase II Clinical Trial Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells
• Montreal Heart Institute clinical trial for potential treatment of symptoms
• PGIMER to conduct clinical trial for rapid antigen detection

June 26, 2020

• Remdesivir to commence Phase 1 trials as inhaled therapy to target mild COVID patients
• UK launching human trials for COVID treatment
• 15 drugs, vaccines get nod for clinical trials in S Korea
• China to fast-track vaccine trial based on advanced genetics technology

June 24, 2020

• Oxford vaccine trials start in South America and Brazil
• UCSF: Newly diagnosed patients needed for antibiotic trial
• Duke researchers discuss timeline for vaccine, clinical trials
• In early trial, an ancient drug shows promise against severe COVID
• UW joins drug trial aimed at haywire immune response
• UAE, China launch phase 3 clinical trial in humans
• Clinical trial at U Kentucky uses KY-grown plants

June 23, 2020

• Niagra patients taking part in clinical trials

June 22, 2020

• Wits University begins SA's first vaccine trial
• Trials with Oxford vaccine start in Brazil

June 20, 2020

• COVID vaccine reaches phase-2 trials in China
• Glenmark launches Favipiravir
• Cow plasma used for potential COVID antibody treatments

June 18, 2020

• Volunteers lining up to be infected with COVID

June 17, 2020

• COVID-19 Will Help Us Overhaul Clinical Trials
• The pandemic reality of clinical trials
• Bangladesh launches clinical trial of two-drug combination to treat COVID
• WHO to update clinical guidance, stresses that steroids should not be used as prevention
• Russia starts clinical trials of COVID vaccine
• Phase 2/3 clinical trial of PTC's COVID treatment initiated

June 16, 2020

• UIC Clinical Trial Will Test COVID-19 Vaccine

June 12, 2020

• Madagascar pursues clinical trials of injectable remedy

June 11, 2020

• Moderna set to start final-stage trial of its vaccine by July
• Regeneron starts clinical study for COVID antibody treatment

June 10, 2020

• Vaccine candidates' pivotal testing to start this summer
• NYTimes' COVID vaccine tracker
• First drugs announced in major COVID drugs trial
• Johnson & Johnson to begin human trials for vaccine in late July, earlier than expected
• Covance launches clinical trial matching platform

June 9, 2020

• Human trial starts on antibody trial therapy
• Human trial starts on another COVID antibody therapy
• New COVID treatment trial held in East Syracuse
• Study: Majority of first-wave clinical trials have design shortcomings
• San Diego biotech to help with trial of vaccine that makes more of itself
• Researchers working on treatments urged to be thorough
• PHL to join Sinovac trials for vaccine
• A list of vaccines being studied in clinical trials
• Under trial arthritis drug saves patient's life in Mumbai
• Gilead's remdesivir shows promise in study on monkeys
• AstraZeneca boosts its research with more help from public sector
• Novel outpatient clinical trial to treat COVID
• The vaccines on trial - and when they may be ready
• Mumbai co gets OK to use sepsis drug for clinical trials
• DOD to fund a multi-center randomized clinical trial of treatment with ExThera's blood filter
• Clinical trials underway at U Mississippi MC

June 8, 2020

• Eli Lilly kicks off clinical trial for second antibody treatment

June 6, 2020

• China begins phase 1 clinical trials of
• neutralizing antibody treatment

June 5, 2020

• U Va research sparks clinical trial to test antidepressant that could treat COVID

June 4, 2020

• COVID could make it quicker and easier to trial drugs

June 3, 2020

• WHO resumes trial on hydroxychloroquine after examining safety concerns

June 2, 2020

• First human antibody trial launched in COVID patients
• Duke University Medical Center to Assess Probiotics in COVID Exposure

June 1, 2020

• Lilly touts first trial worldwide for COVID-19 treatment
• Rare disease researcher offers unique pespective on search for treatment
• New drug trialed at two Manchester hospitals in race to find treatment
• World's first human tests of COVID antibody treatment have Vancouver connection
• Russia approves 'game-changer' drug to treat COVID after promising study
• FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Impella RP as Therapy for COVID with Heart Failure
• UK hospitals to trial five new drugs in search for treatment

May 31, 2020

• Inside a convalescent plasma therapy program treating COVID patients

May 29, 2020

• Santa Barbara County Hospitals Use Experimental COVID Treatment for Severely Ill Patients

May 28, 2020

• New Study Outlines a Roadmap for Effective Treatment of COVID

May 27, 2020

• Merck, Ridgeback Bio Advance Development of Novel Antiviral Candidate; Clinical Trials Underway

May 26, 2020

• Glenmark to begin phase 3 trial on combination of Favipiravir and Umifenovir in India
• He had a severe reaction to Moderna COVID vaccine. He's still a believer.

May 25, 2020

• Natco Pharma supports Columbia U trials for CQ tablets to prevent infections
• Australia's first human trials of potential vaccine start
• U Saskatchewan researchers expect human clinical trials for vaccine in the fall
• Emory Antibody Research Heralds Hope for Precise Treatment, Vaccine
• Thailand enters global race for vaccine with trials on monkeys
• AstraZeneca to begin supplying 100 million doses of vaccine to UK in September -- if trials succeed

May 22, 2020

• UK COVID-19 study aims to vaccinate more than 10,000
• Vaccine in China produces neutralizing antibodies in early-stage trial
• South Korean study shows no evidence recovered COVID patients can infect others
• Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID preliminary report

May 18, 2020

• Moderna reports positive data on early-stage vaccine trial
• Coronavirus vaccine for 30 million Britons by September if trial succeeds
• St. Elizabeth offers drug's first trial to its patients

May 13, 2020

• Takeda says COVID treatment trial using recovered patients' blood could start in July

May 8, 2020

• Emory, Lilly, NIAID join academic centers in trial to demonstrate efficacy of remdesivir and baricitinib against COVID

May 4, 2020

• Baylor recruiting for clinical trial to test tuberculosis vaccine on COVID

April 26, 2020

• NY clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against COVID

April 25, 2020

• USCF starts plasma treatments for COVID patients

April 24, 2020

• Oxford University just injected the first participants in vaccine trial
• University of Maryland researchers conduct trial of drug for COVID prevention

April 22, 2020

• Emory Patients Part of Drug Trial for Potential COVID-19 Treatment 
• Oxford COVID-19 clinical trial aims for a viable vaccine by September
• Local doctor uses COVID-19 plasma for clinical trials

April 21, 2020

• Oxford vaccine to begin human trials on Thursday
• What can antibody tests tell us?
• Norton Healthcare 'first in world' to start testing cancer drug in clinical trial
• More good news on Remdesivir's power to treat COVID
• New COVID-19 Trial Announced to Treat over 90% of Patients With Underlying Medical Conditions
• UChicago Medicine Launches Clinical Trial Using Plasma to Treat COVID-19 Patients
• Duke clinical trial hopeful as it studies plasma from COVID survivors

April 17, 2020

• Stanford Medicine tests anti-viral drug for COVID-19

April 16, 2020

• Nearly a dozen clinical trials being tested on NM COVID patients
• Health officials discuss clinical trials in NW Louisiana, difficulties in fighting COVID
• Vaccine creation by Singapore and US firm might be ready for clinical trials by August
• Penn State Hershey  one of 75 sites worldwide in clinical trial for antiviral drug
• Temple University Hospital Begins Clinical Trials of Gimsilumab

April 14, 2020

• These Quebec Institutions Are Working On Clinical Trials For COVID-19 Treatments
• UofC, UofA and health partners begin trials for treatment option of severe COVID symptoms
• Clara Health launches initiative to match patients to clinical trials

April 9, 2020

• NIH Trial of Hydroxychloroquine Potential Therapy Begins

April 8, 2020

• More Vaccine Efforts Move Toward Human Trials
• Manitoba launches $5M fund into vaccines, treatment
• The most promising COVID breakthroughs so far
• Possible antiviral treatment developed by UNC Chapel Hill heads to clinical trials
• Plasma treatment being tested in NY may be "game changer"
• Favipiravir drug from Japan to get first US trial in MA
• Novavax sees early success with vaccine
• Oxford Biomedica joins consortium for vaccine
• Second US study for COVID-19 vaccine uses skin-deep shots
• Trials of drugs to prevent COVID begin in health care workers

April 7, 2020

• First Peer-Reviewed Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Results in Mice
• Children's Hospital CO among 1st to facilitate experimental plasma treatment
• South Florida doctors turn to experimental treatments
• UW-Madison scientists developing vaccine

April 6, 2020

• COVID-19 Vaccine Backed by Bill and Melinda Gates Entering Human Testing
• Iowa U joins study of remdesivir

April 3, 2020

• Seattle research institute launches fast track COVID-19 immunotherapy trial
• KC research firm testing vaccine for COVID-19

April 2, 2020

• CSIRO begins testing COVID-19 vaccines
• Vir and Alynlam Expand Collaboration on Therapeutics for COVID-19 Treatment

April 1, 2020

• COVID-19 Vaccine Response
• COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Awards $20 Million to Fund Clinical Trials

March 31, 2020

• Michigan doctors see success in COVID-19 treatment but say more clinical trials needed

March 30, 2020

• J&J picks top coronavirus vaccine candidate; human tests start September

March 28, 2020

• New clinical trials bring potential COVID-19 treatments to North Texas

March 27, 2020

• U Delaware Supercomputer COVID-19 Research Underway
• 4 Detroit hospital systems, Wayne State collaborating on COVID-19 drug trial
• Is the anti-flu drug Avigan effective in treating COVID-19?

March 26, 2020

• Remdesivir and Sarilumab COVID-19 Clinical Trials Begin
• FDA Approves Phase III Clincial Trial of Tocilizumab for COVID-19 Pneumonia
• UAB among sites hosting new clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment
• COVID-19 Vaccine Development Update: An interview with Novavax
• Murdoch Children's Research Institute to roll-out clinical trial of BCG vaccine against COVID-19
• VCU Health physician runs COVID-19 drug trial
• N.J. hospital flooded by COVID-19 patients begins clinical drug trials
• Clinical trials may begin next week in New York for coronavirus treatments
• URMC joins clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment

March 23, 2020

• UCI researchers will test former Ebola drug as part of coronavirus clinical trial

March 22, 2020

• Scientists Identify 69 Drugs to Test Against the Coronavirus
• Gilead puts emergency access to experimental COVID-19 drug on hold
• In clinical trials and laboratories, the hunt is on to find vaccines and drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19

March 21, 2020

• Northwell Health Initiates Clinical Trials of 2 COVID-19 Drugs
• In the hospital for nearly 2 weeks with COVID-19, a clinical-trial drug was her 'saving grace'

March 20, 2020

• University Hospitals one of first in nation to begin clinical trials for COVID-19 drug

March 19, 2020

• NIH begins clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19
• Trials to begin on COVID-19 vaccine in UK next month
• University of Minnesota Needs Participants for Coronavirus Clinical Trials
• FDA Provides Welcome Guidance for Clinical Trials During COVID-19
• Roche launches clinical trial of COVID-19 pneumonia hopeful Actemra after backing from China

March 18, 2020

• Global COVID-19 total tops 200,000; WHO unveils massive treatment study
• UMN researchers begin three COVID clinical trials, test malaria drug
• A potential COVID-19 Vaccine Begins Clinical Trial
• Moleculin signs agreement with UTMB to test WP1122 on viruses including COVID-19
• Coronavirus Vaccine: COVID-19 phase 1 clinical trial

March 12, 2020

• Emory among US sites hosting new clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment
• COVID-19 diagnostic based on MIT tech might be tested on patient samples soon

January 30, 2020

• Inovio Collaborating with Beijing Advaccine to advance vaccine