clinical trial Archive — Page 11 of 16
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February 11, 2021
Data mart speeds recruitment for COVID research
The arrival last March of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee presented challenges for the clinical research enterprise at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prompt recruitment of patients newly diagnosed with COVID-19 into clinical trials was, and remains, a public health imperative with top-level backing from the federal government. -
January 7, 2021
Building a cohort, the easy way
An automated system using keyword searches can help identify candidates for clinical trials on adverse drug reactions. -
November 5, 2020
HCQ doesn’t protect health workers from COVID: study
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) did not significantly reduce the incidence of COVID-19 among health care workers who participated in a national study that included Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
November 3, 2020
New treatment for a rare obesity
Diabetes drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, such as exenatide (Byetta), are a promising and safe treatment for a rare form of obesity. -
November 2, 2020
VUMC begins study of second COVID-19 vaccine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has begun recruiting up to 250 participants for a Phase 3 clinical trial testing an investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. -
October 16, 2020
Clinical trial to test HIV drugs to treat COVID-19
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in collaboration with the University of Colorado and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is leading one of the first “telemedicine” clinical trials to test a potential treatment for COVID-19. -
October 13, 2020
COVID-19 long-acting antibodies discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center move to phase 3 clinical trials
AstraZeneca is advancing into phase 3 clinical trials with an investigational COVID-19 therapy of two long-acting antibodies discovered by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and optimized by AstraZeneca.