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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to begin phase II/III human trials

22 May 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Life-saving Vaccines

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University of Oxford researchers have begun recruiting for the next phase in human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in human volunteers. The phase I trial in healthy adult volunteers began in April. More than 1,000 immunisations have been completed and follow-up is currently ongoing. The next ... READ MORE

BRC theme lead to study ‘remote-by-default’ care in COVID-19 pandemic

12 May 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation

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A senior Oxford BRC investigator has received major government funding for a new study to support general practitioners to deliver effective remote care to their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Trisha Greenhalgh (pictured right), of the University of Oxford’s Nuffield ... READ MORE

Managing clinical trials in a pandemic: interview with Prof Duncan Richards

5 May 2020 · Listed under COVID-19

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Professor Duncan Richards, who is Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) as well as the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Musculoskeletal Co-theme Lead, is at the forefront of Oxford’s strategy on clinical trials for COVID-19. In this interview with the Nuffield ... READ MORE

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine begins human trial stage

23 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Life-saving Vaccines

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University of Oxford researchers have begun testing a COVID-19 vaccine in human volunteers in Oxford. Around 1,110 people will take part in the trial, half receiving the vaccine and the other half (the control group) receiving a widely available meningitis vaccine. Of the first two ... READ MORE

Large-scale COVID-19 infection and antibody test study launched

23 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Translational Data Science

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Some 20,000 households across England are being contacted to take part in the first wave of a major new government study to track the COVID-19 coronavirus in the general population. The study will help improve understanding around the current rate of infection and how many people are likely to ... READ MORE

BRC funds three further COVID-19 studies

21 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Gene and Cell Therapy, Inflammation across Tissues, Life-saving Vaccines

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Three more studies are being funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to look at the way the body interacts with COVID19; these include assessing the safety of a new vaccine; the role that antibodies might play in plasma therapy; and blood biomarkers that determine adverse ... READ MORE

Common antibody test can be adapted for COVID-19, study finds

20 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Inflammation across Tissues, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics

Research led from Oxford has found that an immunological assay commonly used to measure antibodies, antigens and proteins in biological samples can be specifically adapted to detect and quantifying COVID-19 antibodies. The investigations by the National COVID Testing Scientific Advisory ... READ MORE

Oxford-led research describes the safety profile and potential harms of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin

16 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

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Over 300 researchers from the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) international community studied data from almost 1 million patients who have previously taken hydroxychloroquine. They declared hydroxychloroquine safe for short-term use, but urge caution in using it in ... READ MORE

BRC funds new COVID-19 research projects

6 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Imaging, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Respiratory Medicine

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The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has allocated funding to three COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs. The funding, originally earmarked for BRC ... READ MORE

New wearable technology used to monitor COVID-19 patients

1 April 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Digital Health from Hospital to Home

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Wearable technology that monitors patients’ vital signs is being used with COVID-19 patients on the isolation ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The technology has been developed by biomedical engineers and medical researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre ... READ MORE

GP practices urged to join COVID-19 research

30 March 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Translational Data Science

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Oxford researchers have launched a study to track the spread of COVID-19 in the population and develop a deeper understanding of the virus in general practice. The University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) and the Royal College of General Practitioners ... READ MORE

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine programme opens for clinical trial recruitment

27 March 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Life-saving Vaccines

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University of Oxford researchers, working in an unprecedented vaccine development effort to prevent COVID-19, have started screening healthy volunteers ahead of a vaccine trial. The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) provided essential funding to get the trial up and running. The ... READ MORE

Article addresses remote assessment of COVID-19 in primary care

25 March 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation

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An article by a leading Oxford researcher has outlined the guiding principles on how general practitioners should conduct remote consultations with patients who are suspected of having COVID-19. The article, published in the BMJ, is by Prof Trish Greenhalgh (pictured), the Oxford BRC Theme Lead ... READ MORE

Oxford researchers to play key role in fight-back against COVID-19

20 March 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Inflammation across Tissues, Life-saving Vaccines, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation, Respiratory Medicine, Translational Data Science

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Researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre will play a crucial role in tackling the current COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from the development of a new vaccine to developing the most effective drug treatments for people who have contracted the virus. A team from the ... READ MORE

Oxford BRC statement on activities during the current COVID-19 situation

19 March 2020 · Listed under COVID-19, Other News

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Many of the researchers we support are also clinicians, providing direct care to patients and the public, alongside their academic work. Given the scale of the national and global challenge of COVID-19 (coronavirus), BRC-funded clinical and research professionals who are working on topics ... READ MORE

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