CORONAVIRUS

This large study tested the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to see if it was safe and effective at preventing illness. Over 10,000 healthy adults in the UK received the vaccine or a control shot and were followed for a year. The main goals were to measure how well it prevente…

This early-stage study tested a new COVID-19 vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 to see if it was safe and if it could protect people from getting sick. It involved 1077 healthy adult volunteers in the UK, aged 18 to 55, who received the vaccine as a shot in the arm. The main goals we…

This trial tested two existing anti-inflammatory drugs, ruxolitinib and fostamatinib, to see if they could prevent hospitalized COVID-19 pneumonia patients from getting sicker. The goal was to stop patients' conditions from worsening to the point of needing a ventilator or other …

This small, completed study tested whether a 30-week personalized walking program is safe and tolerable for cancer survivors who had been hospitalized for COVID-19. The main goal was to see if the exercise caused few or only mild side effects in this vulnerable group. Researchers…

This study aimed to find simple blood markers that could predict which patients arriving at the emergency room with suspected COVID-19 would later get much worse. Researchers followed 373 patients to see if standard blood test results, taken early, could forecast who might need i…

This study aimed to better understand COVID-19 by observing hospitalized adult patients. Researchers collected anonymous medical records from 199 patients to learn about the disease's natural course, what treatments were used, and how patients responded. The study did not test an…