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U.K. COVID challenge study could streamline countermeasure trials
First COVID challenge trial to establish protocol for infection, set stage for faster testing of vaccines
February 18, 2021 2:02 AM UTC
Data from the first COVID-19 human challenge study could streamline future clinical trials of vaccines and treatments by reducing or better defining study populations.
Challenge trials that intentionally infect volunteers with SARS-CoV-2 promise efficiency in a pandemic that has routinely killed over a thousand people a day. The trials have not crossed from theory to practice, however, due to the risk that comes with the design...