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Lupus Research Alliance LuCIN Clinical Trials Network Launches Inaugural Studies

NEW YORK, NY. October 31, 2017 — The Lupus Research Alliance today announced the first clinical trials to be conducted through its Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN) aimed at discovering new treatments for the millions of people around the globe living with lupus. Recognizing the limited treatments for lupus, LuCIN was organized, managed and is […] Read More

New Smartphone App VALUE May Enable Lupus Patients to Report Symptoms Easily and Accurately

App developed by Lupus Research Alliance, Pfizer Inc. and Tata to be tested through non-interventional clinical trial called VALUE NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Lupus Research Alliance, the world’s largest private funder of lupus research, and Pfizer Inc., the global biopharmaceutical company, announced the start of a non-interventional clinical study that will test a custom smartphone […] Read More

Update from the LRA About CDC Recommendations on Third COVID-19 Vaccine for Immunocompromised Patients

August 13, 2021 – 4:45 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously to recommend, and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD subsequently approved, that people with moderately to severely weakened immune systems receive a third dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. The CDC defined the […] Read More

Two Studies Show COVID-19 Vaccines are Well-Tolerated Among Lupus Patients

August 12, 2021 In two recent studies, researchers found that the four COVID-19 vaccines are well-tolerated in lupus patients. Given that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are the first mRNA vaccines currently authorized for the emergency use in people, lupus researchers have since worked to answer questions specifically about potential side effects and whether these […] Read More

Update from LRA’s President on COVID-19 Vaccines in Lupus

January 14, 2020 Dear Friends, Happy New Year! On behalf of all of us at the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in 2020 and prior years. 2021 starts off with some exciting milestones for the lupus community including a new treatment for lupus nephritis. But Recently, our […] Read More

23andMe Study Confirms Lupus Can Run in Families and Other New Insights

August 25, 2020 A study started four years ago and conducted by 23andMe provided many insights about lupus as a complex disease that is extremely difficult to diagnose and treat. While the survey of nearly 6,000 participants did not find new genetic factors causing lupus as hoped, the study confirmed that lupus can run in […] Read More

VALUE Study Results Reported at EULAR

MADRID, Spain. June 13, 2019 – Results of the first clinical trial sponsored by the Lupus Research Alliance and conducted through its Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN) were presented today at the European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2019. Entitled VAlidation in LUpus of an Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes Tool (VALUE), the study showed that a […] Read More