To be added to our registry for notifications about clinical trials and other research studies, click here to enter your information.
To learn more about the Emory School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Allergy and Immunology, visit their website: https://med.emory.edu/departments/pediatrics/divisions/allergy 
 
If you are an Allergist and would like to request printed recruitment materials for any of our clinical trials for your office, please fill out this request form or send us an e-mail.
 
Do you have a child between 2 and 12 years of age with a food allergy? A member of our Psychology team is conducting research related to better measuring the impact of food allergy on parents and families. Click HERE for more information about participating in this online research opportunity (or copy/paste this URL https://emorymedicine.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5iNwyBkU0GdIBPo). 

New Clinical Trials - Now Enrolling and Coming Soon!

  • Now Enrolling! Adored by Siolta - NCT05003804 Allergic Disease Onset Prevention Study will be enrolling newborns up to 7 days of life to study STMC-103H, a live biotherapeutic product (LBP) containing a consortium of intestinal bacteria

  • Coming Soon: A Safety and Efficacy Study of PVX108 in Children and Adolescents With Peanut Allergy (NCT 05621317)

  • Coming Soon: VITESSE by dbv technologies a Safety and Efficacy Study of Viaskin Peanut in Peanut-allergic Children 4-7 Years of Age (NCT05741476)

Send an e-mail to foodallergyresearch@choa.org if you would like more information about any of these studies and to find out how to enroll!

Closed to new enrollment: Harmony by Alladapt - NCT04856865  ADP101 for Oral Immunotheray in Food-Allergic Children and Adults, ages 4 years to young adult; Omalizumab as Monotherapy and as Adjunct Therapy to Multi-Allergen OIT in Food Allergic Children and Adults (OUTMATCH); 

NOW ENROLLING 

No longer enrolling:

  • [Completed] EPITOPE: Safety and Efficacy Study of Viaskin Peanut in Peanut-allergic Young Children 1-3 Years of Age

  • [Completed] POSEIDON: Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Study of Early Intervention for Desensitization (1-3 years of age)

  • [Completed] Study in Pediatric Subjects With Peanut Allergy to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab as Adjunct to AR101 (Peanut Oral Immunotherapy) - for ages 6-17

  • [Completed] Efficacy and Safety of QGE031 (Ligelizumab) in Patients With Peanut Allergy NCT04984876

Palforzia

For more information about peanut oral immunotherapy treatment at Children's, visit https://www.choa.org/medical-services/allergy-and-immunology/peanut-allergy.

On Friday, March 13, 2020, in a groundbreaking milestone moment in the food allergy world, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Dr. Brian Vickery administered the first-ever dose of a new FDA-approved peanut allergy oral immunotherapy treatment for pediatric patients. In late January, the FDA approved the new oral immunotherapy, Palforzia, to treat children ages 4 to 17 with a peanut allergy – making it the first and only FDA-approved treatment for any food allergy. Ian Bicknell, a 13-year-old Children’s food allergy patient, was the first pediatric patient nationwide to receive the therapy. Watch the video scrolling in the carosel above to hear Ian's story.

Our team works closely with colleages at Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and would like to share exciting research opportunities in therapeutic areas that are closely related to food allergy. Here are a few studies that might be of interest: 

Asthma Research

For more informtion about currently enrolling clinical trials for Asthma treatment and prevention under the direction of Dr. Anne Fitzpatrick: https://www.pedsresearch.org/research-group/asthma-research

Psychology Research: We're conducting a study testing a new clinical tool measuring the impact of food allergy on parents and families! You may qualify if you are a parent or legal guardian of a child ages 2 to 12 years old with a food allergy. Click here for more information: https://emorymedicine.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5iNwyBkU0GdIBPo 

 

RESEARCH TEAM

Brian P. Vickery, MD

Tricia Lee, MD

Idil Ezhuthachan, MD

Ashley Dulson, CCRP - Lead Research Coordinator
Mary Vess, MSN, RN, CCRP - Research Nurse
Dhondup Tso King, MPH - Research Coordinator 
Jessica Stafford, MS - Research Coordinator
Rebecca Cleeton, MPH, CCRP - Clinical Research Manager

 

We are located at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Center for Advanced Pediatrics and visits take place in the Pediatric Research Unit.

CLINICAL TEAM

Brian P. Vickery, MD
Tricia Lee, MD
Idil Ezhuthachan, MD
Gerald Lee, MD
Codi Horton, PNP
Chelsea Bates, PNP 

 

 

    

     

     

   

Thank you for your interest! Clinical research connects patients and families with experimental treatments and provides critically needed data to advance the field. The treatments of tomorrow are not possible without it. 

If you are interested in learning more about experimental treatments for food allergy and potentially participating in a study, please click here to register yourself and/or your child. One of our team will be in touch afterwards if you qualify for a study. 

Have a question? E-mail us: foodallergyresearch@choa.org

The U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services has a helpful website with resouces to help potential research participants better understand what is being asked of them: https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/about-research-participation/index.html

To hear more about participating in a clinical trial, you're invited to watch this recording of a recent community event which covered a variety of topics including clinical trials at Children's, Food Allergy Clinical Trials, and what participation in a trial is like for families.

Millions of children worldwide suffer from food allergies, a poorly understood group of immune-mediated conditions that leave these children susceptible to serious allergic reactions and the psychosocial burdens of living with a chronic, unpredictable, and life-threatening disorder. 

Our Mission

The mission of the Food Allergy Center at Emory + Children’s is to perform impactful research and deliver high-quality, high-value, patient-centered care to transform the lives of those affected by food allergy in the Southeast and beyond. The four core domains of this mission are: 

To provide state-of-the-art clinical care to patients with food allergies and related conditions; 
To create and disseminate new knowledge through research; 
To advocate for children through stakeholder engagement at all levels; and
To provide a world-class training experience for the next generation of clinicians and scholars. 

Our Philosophy and Vision

We will become a national leader in the study and treatment of food allergy and related conditions while adhering to the following five foundational principles:

  1. We are patient-centered: Everything we do is focused on meeting patient needs.
  2. We act with integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest moral and ethical standards. 
  3. We treat all persons with dignity and respect: Everyone. All the time. No exceptions. 
  4. We do not quit: 99% of success in science is not giving up. Our patients depend on it. 
  5. We are a team: We are supportive of, and accountable to, one another. We have fun. 
Food allergies affect 1 in 13 children in the United States, including Beau. Doctors diagnosed Beau with multiple food allergies, including dairy, peanuts, eggs and tree nuts by age 1. To help children suffering from food allergies, Dr. Brian Vickery, Director of the Food Allergy Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, is leading groundbreaking research to identify new treatment options.

Watch more videos from FARE

Featured Video on Anti-IgE Therapy

This video is several years old now but still articulates beautifully why clinical research is critical to move this field forward. 

Food Allergy Research and Education

Consortium of Food Allergy Research (in particular the "Food Allergy Education Program" tab)

Food Allergy Resources from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Food Allergy Research and Resource Program from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln

FDA - Food Allergies: What You Need to Know 

CDC - Food Allergies in Schools and other resources

Dr. Brian Vickery is a pediatric allergist-immunologist whose clinical and research efforts focus on understanding the pathophysiology of food allergies and anaphylaxis, and developing new therapies to treat them. He has studied all aspects of therapeutic development, from preclinical murine models to Phase 3 trials, and is particularly focused on the intersection of translational and outcomes research in generating rational, evidence-driven treatment strategies. He is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University and the founding Director of the Food Allergy Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. 

Dr. Vickery completed his undergraduate work at the University of Georgia and then obtained his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his pediatric residency and chief residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and his fellowship training in allergy & clinical immunology at Yale University School of Medicine, where he worked on a preclinical model of the investigational peanut allergy vaccine EMP-123 in the laboratory of Kim Bottomly, PhD.  He subsequently held faculty positions at Duke University School of Medicine and then the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where he was an NIH-funded researcher and the Director of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative. At UNC, he led a group that was first to show that sustained unresponsiveness (SU), or clinical remission, can occur after peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) and subsequently demonstrated for the first time that the early treatment of peanut-allergic preschool children with OIT is safe and enhances the likelihood of SU. Prior to joining the Emory faculty, he led an international Phase 3 randomized clinical trial of peanut OIT, the largest of its kind, as senior medical director at Aimmune Therapeutics. 

Dr. Vickery has published over 50 papers in leading journals, and serves as a peer reviewer for high-impact allergy journals and grant agencies, as well as a journal section editor. He has presented his work at national and international meetings and has contributed to the development of national food allergy treatment guidelines. He has received several awards for clinical care as well as research awards from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He is active in the AAAAI, having held leadership positions on several committees, and is a member of FARE’s Outcomes Research Advisory Board. He is committed to developing the careers of the next generation of clinicians and researchers in allergy, and over the last 10 years has mentored 12 trainees, 9 of whom are in the academic or public sector. 

To view a list of Dr. Vickery's publications on PubMed, please click this link