UC, UC Health to launch Phase 3 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine uses a genetic code to produce proteins that may generate protective antibodies
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and UC Health will host a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a vaccine for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
UC is one of approximately 90 sites across the United States selected for the study, which will administer the vaccine candidate mRNA-1273 to volunteer participants and monitor its efficacy in eliciting an immune response that provides protection from COVID-19. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is funding the study.
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, medical director of the COVID-19 vaccine trial. Photo/Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand
“UC was chosen because we have a proven track record of high-quality research and are the number one site in the NIAID-funded, AIDS Clinical Trials Group in the U.S. We are proud to bring leading-edge research to Cincinnati so that we can help our community battle the COVID-19 pandemic and be part of the solution,” said Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health physician.
Fichtenbaum is co-investigator of the study and will serve as medical director.
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Featured photo of COVID-19 vials by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand
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