The Exclusion of Older Persons From Vaccine and Treatment Trials for Coronavirus Disease 2019-Missing the Target
Authors
Helfand, Benjamin K IWebb, Margaret
Gartaganis, Sarah L.
Fuller, Lily
Kwon, Churl-Su
Inouye, Sharon K.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, MD/PhD ProgramSchool of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-09-28Keywords
oronavirus disease 2019COVID-19
randomized clinical trials
vaccine trials
older adults
exclusion
Clinical Trials
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Health Services Administration
Infectious Disease
Patient Safety
Virus Diseases
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This cross-sectional study evaluates the risk of exclusion for older adults in randomized clinical trials for treatment and vaccine interventions in coronavirus disease 2019.Source
Helfand BKI, Webb M, Gartaganis SL, Fuller L, Kwon CS, Inouye SK. The Exclusion of Older Persons From Vaccine and Treatment Trials for Coronavirus Disease 2019-Missing the Target. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Sep 28:e205084. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5084. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32986099; PMCID: PMC7522773. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5084Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27342PubMed ID
32986099Notes
Funding/Support: Supported in part by Grant R24AG054259 (Inouye) from the National Institute on Aging and T32GM107000 (Helfand) Training Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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