ICTS Success Stories
The Dissemination & Implementation Research Core (DIRC), directed by Enola Proctor, PhD, MSW, has contributed locally and nationally in dissemination and implementation science and in training. The core was established to help investigators “design for dissemination” by moving evidence-based practices to real-world use. Learn how the core and its director speed the adoption and delivery […]
Congratulations to national leader Methodius Tuuli, MD, who was recently recognized with a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum. Awards exemplify exceptional publications that contribute to the knowledge of health and disease resulting from national investment in clinical and translational research.
2012 SPIRiT Pilot awardee, Daniel Ory, MD, moved a newly approved FDA-therapy to Phase 2b/3 clinical trials for Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease. The research was featured in an NCATS Information release highlighting the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) Program and a recent paper describing the process for fostering collaborative research for rare genetic […]
Leveraging 2011 Pilot funding and a 2016 JIT award to use services from the Regulatory Support Center (RSC), Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD, secured IND approval for the use of dantrolene sodium in treatment of Wolfram Syndrome treatment. The first patients were enrolled in the Dantrolene Clinical Trial — NCT02829268 in Feb 2017. Learn more about […]