Key success factors in clinical trial operation of the smallpox vaccine LC16m8 against mpox in Colombia

• Published in: Global Health & Medicine Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 180 - 184
• Main Authors: Tomotsugu, Naoki, Amaya-Mahecha, Maria Jose, Hamana, Mieko, Bautista-Gonzalez, María Del Mar, Gaitán-Duarte, Hernando Guillermo, Cortés, Jorge Alberto, Mine, Sohtaro, Ainai, Akira, Castellanos, Jaime E., Tokita, Daisuke, Sugiura, Wataru, Ujiie, Mugen, Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos Arturo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Center for Global Health and Medicine 30.04.2025
• Subjects: Communication; HIV; pandemic; PrEP; preparedness; PrEP; HIV; preparedness; pandemic

In 2023, the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) conducted a successful clinical trial of the LC16m8 mpox vaccine in Colombia. The joint Japan-Colombia research team categorized the trial's challenges and success factors into several key op...