UC to start pre-screening for COVID-19 vaccine trial

This is follow up to the launch of clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine started in mid-June at U.C. Health.

NEWS RELEASE: Bill Bangert, Marketing & Communications 

CINCINNATI, OH (August 13, 2020) – Researchers at the UC College of Medicine are beginning the process of pre-screening volunteers for the trial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

A brief survey is being sent out to the roughly 2,100 people who have signed up to take part in the trial, which is scheduled to start at UC on August 24 and will eventually enroll around 500 patients.

The University of Cincinnati and U.C. Health began a 3-phase clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine in early June. That study is now moving into the process of screening volunteers for the trial. READ the FULL STORY HERE.