Speed study to peer review.

This LymeProject envisions piloting new therapeutic clinical trials that move new treatment strategies more rapidly from the primary care office into peer review journals. The research facilitated by the Surveillance Database will have major public health significance including intervention studies that are broadly inclusive with respect to the heterogeneity of patients, the severity and chronicity of chronic Lyme disease, and types of interventions in the primary care setting. These clinical studies involving human subjects will be designed to ultimately improve Lyme disease treatment, and be based on a strong rationale. The underlying hypothesis is supported by preclinical data. The clinical correlates will have future clinical application such as development of new treatment strategies or identification of patient subsets for specific treatment therapies.