MIAMI— Researchers at the University of Miami are searching for about a thousand healthy adult volunteers to participate in coronavirus vaccine trials in South Florida.
Dr. Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, a University of Miami transmittable illness professional, said one of the trials is with Cambridge-based biotechnology business Moderna and it starts at the end of this month.
” We do have the facilities that is needed to be able to do these sort of research studies,” Doblecki-Lewis said.
The vaccine was already part of a study led by the National Institute of Allergy and Contagious Illness. It found the vaccine “caused fast and strong immune responses” against the infection, according to Moderna.
Stage 2 is a dose-confirmation research study. Volunteers will receive two vaccinations offered 28 days apart. Phase 3 is a placebo-controlled trial that will consist of about 30,000 individuals.
The volunteers should be ages 18 to 55 and ought to not h