Clinical Trials Network Coordinating Center (CTNCC) for Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
In recognition of a severe unmet need, the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation’s grant to Columbia University established the first national Columbia Clinical Trials Network Coordinating Center (CTNCC) for Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases. Under the leadership of Dr. Brian Fallon, this Clinical Trials Coordinating Center aims to propel national research toward the goal of identifying more effective treatments for patients with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
Providing oversight to ensure that the highest-quality clinical trials are undertaken, the CTN Coordinating Center at Columbia provides funding support for small pilot studies, assist investigators in protocol design and statistical research planning, establish and manage a national case registry, and create a data management system for multi-site clinical trials. The clinical trials network is a powerful engine to drive large-scale clinical trials and potentially transformational early-stage research.
Our research network brings together internationally renowned investigators with expertise in Lyme and tick-borne diseases, infectious disease, neuropsychiatry, precision medicine, and clinical trials. The Research Network includes a team of leading investigators:
- Dr. Brian Fallon and Dr. Mara Kuvaldina at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City
- Dr. John Aucott at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore Maryland
- Dr. Roberta DeBiasi at Children's National Hospital in Washington D.C.
- Dr. Charles Chiu and Dr. Felicia Chow at University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. Scott Commins at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Dr. Kristopher Paolino at SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Dr. Amy Proal from PolyBio Research Foundation
- Dr. David Putrino at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The research infrastructure is led by Mailman School of Public Health senior biostatistician and data system director (Martina Pavlicova, PhD and Richard Buchsbaum). The Coordinating Center provides expertise in the design and data management of clinical trials to its collaborating “nodes” where the research will be conducted.
The CTNCC welcomes input from the public, community clinicians, and academics regarding novel treatment approaches that we should review and consider. If you would like to be placed on our mailing list to be kept up to date on the Clinical Trial Network announcements, please fill out our Contact Us form or email us at lyme_center_ctn@cumc.columbia.edu.
Clinical Trial Network nodes:
Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center
Columbia Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center
Children's National Infectious Disease
UCSF Lyme Clinical Trials Network
Division of Allergy & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill