All Articles on Clinical Trial

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  Youth under 18 eligible for COVID vaccine trial registry

  A registry started by KPWHRI last year has sped up studies needed to protect the world against the novel coronavirus.
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  Pandemic highlights need for pragmatic clinical trials

  Now more than ever we can benefit from studies embedded in health-care systems to answer common clinical questions.
• Pneumococcal vaccine being tested in older adults

  Lisa A. Jackson, MD, MPH, is leading a study of pneumococcal vaccine in older adults at six Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs) across the nation, including at Group Health. Dr. Jackson, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute, leads the Seattle-area VTEU. Dr. Jackson and her colleagues plan to see if a higher dose of a pneumococcal vaccine will create a stronger immune response in older adults who received an earlier-generation vaccine against pneumonia and other pneumococcal diseases.