Army Medical Center Selected by Novavax to Participate in Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) continues to accelerate development of safe and effective vaccines by supporting multiple candidates.
In line with this unprecedented effort, Womack Army Medical Center, is the latest Department of Defense (DOD) location to join Phase 3 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trials.
This location has been identified to participate in the Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Novavax vaccine candidate NVX-CoV2373.
The Phase 3 clinical trial design is harmonized with those of other leading companies and calls for the enrollment of up to 30,000 participants in the U.S.
and Mexico.
This clinical trial expects to include proportional representation among diverse populations most vulnerable to COVID-19 distributed across race/ethnicity, age and those living with co-morbidities.
Participants will randomly receive either the investigational vaccine or placebo in two doses, 21 days apart.
Two-thirds of volunteers will receive the investigational vaccine and one-third will receive the placebo.
"'We are extraordinarily appreciative of volunteers who are willing to roll up their sleeves and help fight this pandemic," said Dr.
Matt Hepburn, the vaccine development lead for Operation Warp Speed.
"That same spirit of volunteerism is the foundation of military service."
Anyone wishing to volunteer to participate in any OWS Phase 3 vaccine or monoclonal antibody prevention trial should visit www.CoronavirusPreventionNetwork.org, click on "Volunteer Now" and complete the survey.
Once the survey is completed, local study site coordinators will contact Military Health System beneficiary volunteers in their area who are a good match for participation in the study.
To assist in the screening process for the DOD locations, each site is assigned a site code that should be entered during the process.
Military Health System beneficiaries can also contact the site team directly.
For the Novavax clinical trial location the Coronavirus Prevention Network (CoVPN) site code for Womack Army Medical Center is WAMC.
