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Participant Spotlight

Immunotherapy proven to slow T1D progression in people newly diagnosed now being tested for prevention

Amber Van Den Heuvel received low-dose anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) in 2015 as a participant in a TrialNet clinical study for people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Five years later, she still had beta cell function. Today, at age 26, Amber is encouraging people at high risk for T1D to consider participating in a TrialNet prevention study using the same therapy.

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Research Spotlight

Newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? Help us find out if a novel combination therapy can preserve insulin production

TrialNet’s latest clinical study will test two established immune therapies—rituximab-pvvr followed by abatacept—to see if the combination can preserve insulin production in people recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

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