Design of vaccine efficacy trials during public health emergencies

Sci Transl Med. 2019 Jul 3;11(499):eaat0360. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat0360.

Abstract

Public health emergencies, such as an Ebola disease outbreak, provide a complex and challenging environment for the evaluation of candidate vaccines. Here, we outline the need for flexible and responsive vaccine trial designs to be used in public health emergencies, and we summarize recommendations for their use in this setting.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic*
  • Emergencies*
  • Endpoint Determination
  • Humans
  • Public Health*
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Vaccines / immunology*

Substances

  • Vaccines