Northwestern Food Allergy Clinical Center
Northwestern University CoFAR (NU-CoFAR) Clinical Research Center
This center will recruit children, adults, pregnant people, and infants to test new treatments and learn more about causes, severity, and prevention of food allergy.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Northwestern University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chicago, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11391037 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you take part, you may be asked to join either observational studies that track your allergy over time or interventional studies that try new treatments or prevention approaches. You could be asked to attend clinic visits at Northwestern or Lurie Children’s Hospital, provide medical history, give blood or other noninvasive samples, and complete questionnaires about reactions and daily life. The center will combine data with other research sites to include more people and different backgrounds so findings apply to more families. Researchers will also work to identify gaps in access to care and increase participation from underrepresented groups.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are children and adults with diagnosed food allergies, as well as pregnant people and infants at risk for developing food allergy.
Not a fit: People without food allergies or those seeking urgent emergency treatment are unlikely to benefit from participating in these research activities.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to better treatments, ways to predict how severe reactions will be, and improved access to care for people with food allergy.
How similar studies have performed: Previous clinical trials, including work from CoFAR and other groups, have shown promise for approaches like oral immunotherapy, but more work is needed on prevention and predicting severity.
Where this research is happening
Chicago, United States
- Northwestern University — Chicago, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Gupta, Ruchi S — Northwestern University
- Study coordinator: Gupta, Ruchi S
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.