Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after 'unexplained illness'

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.

"Following our guidelines, the participant's illness is being reviewed and evaluated by the ENSEMBLE independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) as well as our internal clinical and safety physicians," the company said in a statement. ENSEMBLE is the name of the study.

"Adverse events -- illnesses, accidents, etc. -- even those that are serious, are an expected part of any clinical study, especially large studies."

Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine arm is developing the shot. The company did not say what the unexplained illness was, but one point of clinical trials is to find out if vaccines cause dangerous side effects. Trials are stopped when they pop up while doctors check to see if the illness can be linked to the vaccine or is a coincidence.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-pause-bn/index.html

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[jmowreader]

1. This sort of thing is going to happen. Best it happen during trials...

...and not after the vaccine goes on the market.

Given that, Mr. Trump is probably screaming his orange-painted head off over this; he needs a vaccine on the market before Election Day, and there's no possible way that's going to happen. Not with a completely new virus, like this one.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. This is EXACTLY why trying to rush a vaccine

is a Very Bad Idea.

[thesquanderer]

3. It would be interesting to know if the unexplained illness was similar to one from another trial...

https://khn.org/news/nih-and-fda-examine-serious-side-effect-that-surfaced-in-covid-vaccine-trial/