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# Covid Trial Impact Less in Oncology: Study
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/covid-trial-impact-less-in-oncology-study/
- Published: 2021-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:59:13.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5149343

Four cancer researchers say that while the Covid-19 pandemic affected all clinical trials in the early waves of the disease, the impact on oncology trials was less severe compared with non-oncology trials. “As vaccines continue to be rolled out,” they [write](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-021-00086-8?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+nrd%2Frss%2Fcurrent+%28Nature+Reviews+Drug+Discovery+-+Issue%29) in an online *Nature* article, “we expect this impact to continue to lessen.”