PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh are seeking hundreds of people to participate in their coronavirus vaccine trials.
Pittsburgh is currently being used as a test site for the possible Modern vaccine, which the USDA recently approved for phase three clinical trials.
The researchers are looking for 750 adult volunteers, who do not have weakened immune systems, to test the vaccine.
Participants will receive either the vaccine or a placebo, followed by a booster one month later. Doctors will then study the results.
UPMC says the tests are part of the COVID-19 Prevention Network and Operation Warp Speed.
In a press release, Dr. Judy Martin, director of the Pittsburgh Vaccine Clinical Trials Unit at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, said: “Participating in Operation Warp Speed is a great honor. This is an opportunity for Pittsburgh to have an impact that is not only local or national, but will be global. One of these vaccines is likely to be successful, and hopefully more than one. “
UPMC says that the ideal participants for the trials are people “who are more likely to be naturally exposed” to COVID-19 through their public activities or work.
Black and Latino populations, older adults, and those with certain underlying health conditions will also receive priority consideration, UPMC says.
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