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What are vaccines?
Vaccines are immunizations that generally come in the form of shots, and help our bodies to defend against a number of infectious diseases. Vaccines typically contain a killed or much weakened virus or protein that stimulates our body to produce antibodies against a specific disease.
How many vaccines are there?
Currently, there are 27 licensed vaccines in the U.S. to help prevent diseases like tetanus, polio, influenza, measles, mumps, hepatitis and HPV/cervical cancer.
Can a vaccine cause the disease it is supposed to prevent?
Most of our current vaccines are inactivated (killed), so that they cannot cause disease. A few vaccines use weakened or attenuated viruses, so they could theoretically cause disease, but generally do not.
What kinds of vaccines need to be studied?
There are several vaccines in development for treating diseases like bird flu, anthrax, tuberculosis and malaria. The hope is to find a bird flu vaccine that doesn’t depend on chicken embryos for its manufacturing, so that hundreds of millions of doses could be quickly produced in the event of a global outbreak of bird flu. We call our volunteers “everyday heroes” because they help to come up with solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems, such as the threat of pandemic bird flu.
Vaccine Studies in Rochester, NY
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently enrolling children between the ages of 2-17 years old for a pediatric RSV vaccine study. The study is approximately 6 months long and will include 2 visits to our office and 2 phone calls. Compensation of $125 per office visit and $60 per phone visit is available for trial-related time.
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Rochester Clinical Research is seeking volunteers between the ages of 60-85 years old for an investigational RSV and human metapneumovirus vaccine study. The study could last approximately 12 months long and include 7 visits to our office along with 5 telephone calls. During this study, you will be compensated for your participation up to $200 per office visit and $50 per phone call.
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We are currently seeking healthy volunteers who are 65 years or older for a Covid & Flu vaccine research study. The study is approximately 7 months long and includes 5 visits to our office and 4 telephone calls. There is no placebo in this study. Compensation for your trial-related time is $150 per office visit and $150 per phone call completed.
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Rochester Clinical Research is seeking healthy adults between the ages of 18-70 years old for a Lyme Disease Vaccine study which will last approximately 19 months and require between 12-14 office visits. Reimbursement for time and travel will be available to those who qualify.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently looking for volunteers who are 18 years or older to participate in an RSV study. This study is for people who are considered high-risk, due to underlying health conditions. The study will last approximately 7-9 months and could include 2-3 office visits. Compensation will be available for the trial-related time.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently conducting a pneumococcal vaccine study for healthy adults between the ages of 50-64. The study will last approximately 12-13 months and will include 4-6 visits to our office and 0-2 telephone calls. Compensation for trial-related time is $125 per office visit and $15 per phone call completed.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently seeking volunteers between the ages of 18-50 years old, who have not had a flu shot in the last 6 months, for an mRNA multivalent influenza vaccine study. The study could last up to 7 months and includes up to 6 visits to our office and 2 phone/virtual contacts. If you qualify, compensation is available for your time and travel.
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Rochester Clinical Research is looking for participants 12 years or older for a Covid-19 booster study. This study is approximately 12 months long and includes 5 visits to our office along with 3 telephone calls. Compensation is available if you qualify to participate.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently seeking healthy volunteers between the ages of 18-55 years old to participate in an mRNA vaccine study to help potentially prevent the Epstein-Barr Virus. The study is 13 months long and includes 11 visits to our office. Compensation is available for your time and travels to participate.
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C. Diff is highly contagious and can cause serious damage to the large intestine if left untreated. RCR is looking for healthy adults between the ages of 65 and 84 for this trial, aiming to find a more effective vaccine for preventing the spread of the C. Diff bacteria. Participating in this study will require 9 visits to our office over the course of a year, and compensation will be provided for your time and travel.
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Rochester Clinical Research is looking for volunteers 65 years or older to participate in a flu vaccine research study. The study is approximately 12 months long and consists of 5 to 7 visits to our office. You will be compensated $165 per visit for your time and travel to participate.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently seeking volunteers between the ages of 9-25 years old to participate in a preventative CMV vaccine study. The purpose of this study is to vaccinate children against the virus to prevent them from spreading it to adults, especially women that may be planning on becoming pregnant in the foreseeable future. The study is approximately 18 months long and includes 12 visits in total.
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There is currently no vaccine to prevent or protect against Lyme. RCR is currently conducting a vaccine study to help prevent Lyme disease from infecting adolescents between the ages of 5 to 17. This study will last approximately 24 months with 6 visits to our RCR office and 2 telephone calls.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently seeking volunteers who are 65 years and older for an Influenza vaccine study. The purpose of this study will be to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an mRNA vaccine to prevent influenza. Compensation for time and travel is available for around $630 to those who qualify.
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Rochester Clinical Research is currently seeking born-female volunteers between the ages of 16 and 40 years old to participate in a CMV vaccine study. The purpose of this study is to find a safe and effective vaccine against Cytomegalovirus.
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