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Boston University School Of Medicine Vasculitis Center

Contact Information:

Peter Merkel, M.D., M.P.H.
Principal Investigator
Boston University School of Medicine Vasculitis Center
715 Albany Street
Arthritis Center, E-5
Boston, MA 02118-3294
E-mail: pmerkel@bu.edu

Carol King, MA
Project Manager
Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)
Boston University School of Medicine Vasculitis Center
715 Albany St, E-535
Boston, MA 02118
E-mail: caking@bu.edu
Tel: 617-414-2508
Fax: 617-414-2510

About Us:

The Boston University Vasculitis Center has an international reputation for the care of patients with vasculitis and research into these diseases. The Boston University Vasculitis Center has led or participated in all of the major U.S.-based multi centered clinical trials in vasculitis in the past ten years. Dr. Peter Merkel is the Director of the Boston University Vasculitis Center.

Current Studies:

5502: Longitudinal Protocol for Giant Cell Arteritis

5503: Longitudinal Protocol for Takayasu's Arteritis

5504: Longitudinal Protocol for Polyarteritis Nodosa

5505: Longitudinal Protocol for Wegener's Granulomatosis and Microscopic Polyangiitis

5506: Longitudinal Protocol for Churg-Strauss Syndrome

5522: VCRC Multi-Center, Open-Label Pilot Study of Abatacept (CTLA4-Ig) in the Treatment of Mild Relapsing Wegener’s Granulomatosis (WG)

 
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