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Real-World Evidence: CDC Prioritizing Populations, Outcomes For COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Studies

 
• By Sue Sutter

Strategy for assessing how the earliest vaccines to reach market perform beyond clinical trials includes leveraging existing surveillance and data platforms, and employing a diversity of study approaches, CDC epidemiologist says; high-priority areas for study include protection against symptomatic illness among health care workers and prevention of severe disease in the elderly.

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CDC is preparing to meet an 'urgent need' for real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness data. • Source: Shutterstock

As the most advanced COVID-19 vaccine candidates in the US approach their Phase III enrollment targets, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other government health agencies are prioritizing populations and outcomes for real-world effectiveness studies that will begin once the vaccines reach market.

The strategy for assessing how the earliest vaccines perform beyond the confines of a clinical trial setting includes leveraging existing...

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