CHICAGO— Northwestern University has released a registry of coronavirus vaccines and is requesting enrollment of 5,000 Chicago area volunteers.
The university hopes to recruit adults over the age of 18 who are at increased risk of contracting the virus, such as healthcare workers, supermarket employees, transit workers, retail workers, nursing home workers, and factory workers.
Northwestern also wants blacks, Latinos, and indigenous people to apply, as well as those with some underlying health conditions, as demographics are disproportionately affected by the pandemic and they are more likely to experience serious complications.
Volunteers added to the registry will be contacted when they match the health profiles required in clinical trials of possible coronavirus vaccines.
“We are launching a really broad network to make sure we have enough people identified and ready for the next studies,” said Dr. Karen Krueger, principal investigator for the northwest Feinberg registry, infectious disease physician and medicine instructor. medicine School
The initiative is being launched as a Phase 3 vaccine study in association with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that will begin in August, according to a press release.
People interested in participating can send emails [email protected], call 312-694-0414 or visit the COVID-19 Registry of Preventive Trials website.
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