Open For Recruitment

We are looking for healthy volunteers aged 65 - 75 years old to take part in an RSV Challenge Study.

The study involves a screening visit, a residential stay during which you will be deliberately infected with RSV and carefully monitored until discharge, followed by 3 follow-up visits over the course of 6 months. 

If you are eligible to take part, you will be paid up to £2,200-2,500 for time and inconvenience. 

Read the full information sheet here: CHIRP01 PIS V1.1 16JAN2024  

Imperial College London, in collaboration with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and funded by MSD (also known as Merck) is going to conduct a human infection study (also known as a controlled human infection challenge study) with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).

Upcoming Quarantines

Please note: if you remain uninfected, you will be able to leave the quarantine unit at Day 8, instead of Day 10 post-challenge (2 days earlier than the discharge dates in the table above).