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April 1, 2011
ITN Announces Enrollment of First Participant in T1DAL trial for People Recently Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
The Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) today announced enrollment of the first participant in a phase II clinical research trial evaluating whether intramuscular injections of alefacept (Amevive®) halt or slow the destruction
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February 10, 2011
ITN Announces Enrollment of First Patient in Part I of the RETAIN trial for Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes
The Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) today announced enrollment of the first participant in a two-part, phase II clinical research trial evaluating the effect of intravenous alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) on preserving the function
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February 10, 2011
ITN Announces Enrollment of First Patient in Phase II Trial for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
The Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) today announced enrollment of the first patient in a phase II clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of abatacept in adult patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
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January 4, 2011
Strategic Partnerships and Business Development Initiative
The ITN implemented a Strategic Partnerships and Business Development initiative and will be establishing and building relationships with industry and advocacy groups. This will promote a platform to expand the collaborative community of the ITN. For more information follow @ITNpartnerships on Twitter. Contact:ITNCommunications@immunetolerance.org Immune Tolerance NetworkOffice of the Director1201 Ninth Avenue, IN-RCSeattle, WA 98101-2795P: 206-341-0688
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November 1, 2010
BioShare - Biomarker Sample Sharing Opportunity Launched November 1, 2010
We are pleased to announce BioShare, a new Biomarker Sample Sharing opportunity from the Immune Tolerance Network. Interested investigators are invited to visit the BioShare website (www.itnbioshare.org) for information and access to clinical samples collected from ITN trials.The ITN develops and conducts trials of novel immune tolerance therapies in type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, solid organ and islet transplantation, allergy and asthma.
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July 19, 2010
Celebrate Ten Years of Tolerance!
This year marks the Immune Tolerance Network's 10th anniversary!
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July 15, 2010
Possible first new treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis in 40 years
Results of an Immune Tolerance Network clinical trial may provide doctors with another weapon in the treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis, which has seen no new approved treatments in 40 years. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that the drug rituximab provides the same treatment benefits as the existing standard of care, and appears to offer additional benefits to those suffering relapses.
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May 26, 2010
Kidney transplant tolerance “signatures” published in two separate JCI reports
The results of two Immune Tolerance Network (ITN)-sponsored efforts in identifying genetic and cellular signatures of transplant tolerance were published this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The signatures are patterns of gene expression and cell types that were found to be characteristic of a set of rare patients who developed a natural tolerance for their kidney transplant – meaning they do not require anti-rejection medications.
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April 26, 2010
Request for Proposals - Clinical Trials in Immune Tolerance
The ITN is currently seeking Concept Proposals for novel clinical trials designed to induce immune tolerance in Type 1 Diabetes, transplantation, autoimmune diseases, and allergy and asthma. In addition the ITN accepts applications for the development of novel tolerance assays or mechanistic studies for the purposes of establishing new surrogate biomarkers of immune tolerance and investigating the mechanisms of clinical tolerance. Proposals should be submitted via our site: www.immunetolerance.org/professionals/proposals/guidelines
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April 12, 2010
Recommendations of ITN/JDRF Combination Therapy Assessment Group published
The recommendations of the ITN//JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Combination Therapy Assessment Group have been published in the May 2010 issue of Clinical & Experimental Immunology. The assessment group convened mid-2009 to examine the opportunities and challenges in developing clinical investigations of combination therapies for new onset type 1 diabetes.
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