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A Nursing Researcher’s Experience in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

This perspective is that of a nursing researcher turned volunteer in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. She considers the experience of study participants and how clinicians will need to prepare their patients for the vaccine’s possible adverse effects.

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Nursing researcher’s experience in COVID-19 vaccine trial

Scienmag

What The Article Says: This perspective is that of a nursing researcher turned volunteer in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. She considers the experience of study participants and how clinicians will need to prepare their patients for the vaccine’s possible adverse effects. Authors: Kristen R. Choi, Ph.D.,

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Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study

STAT News

This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the U.S. to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows that in those two years, the Covid vaccines have averted over 3 million deaths in the U.S.

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The next phase of decentralisation in clinical trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

Rather than bringing patients to sites, study teams are now exploring ways they can bring the trial to patients using a varying combination of direct-to-patient drug shipments, home nursing, video conferencing, and electronic data collection. The face of clinical research is evolving. Everybody got used to doing things remotely.

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Grand Rounds September 16, 2022: Using Nationwide Registries to Conduct Pragmatic Randomized Trials: The DANFLU Program (Tor Biering-Sørensen, MD, PhD, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Professor in Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials. Head of Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials. DANFLU-1, Pragmatic Clinical Trials. The DECODE trial used registry data to identify patients with chronic kidney disease. Tor Biering-Sørensen, MD, PhD, MPH. Key Points.

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Unlocking the potential of direct-to-patient as decentralised trials continue to grow

Pharmaceutical Technology

During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic this challenge reached new heights, as pharmaceutical firms around the world mobilised the full might of their resources to try and identify, develop, and trial a wide range of vaccines and therapeutics to alleviate the lethal threat posed by the virus. This was up from 11% in 2020.

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So much for pharma earning trust back

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Business by press release has made pharma executives a lot of money but we still haven’t seen any over reviewed data on COVID 19 vaccines. The American Nurses Association, a national professional organization, said one-third of its members do not intend to take the vaccine, and an additional third are undecided.