Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education (iCURE)

Research at the Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education

The Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education (iCURE) is involved in a variety of active and prospective research projects. 

Test tubes being prepared for medical trials research

Active Clinical Trials

NOV01—A Phase 1-2a Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacodynamic Study of NOV-001 in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Enteric Hyperoxaluria

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Recent Submissions

Submitted to New England American Urological Association Conference (September 29-October 1, 2022):

  • Risky Business: The Use of Unregulated Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors in Healthcare Supplements
  • Distressed communities with high risk stone formers may benefit more from multidisciplinary kidney stone clinic model
  • Integration of Telehealth at Multidisciplinary Stone Clinic Increases Patient Adherence to Kidney Stone Prevention Visits
  • A Geographic Analysis of the Endourologic Management of Stones Demonstrates a Variation between Northeastern States
  • Age of Urologist Predicts Treatment Preference for the Management of Stone Disease 
  • Temporal Trends of Diagnostic Prostate MRI Results 

Upcoming Presentations

To be presented at the American Urologic Association Conference (May 13-16, 2022):

  • Artificial Intelligence in Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: Developing Predictive Models for Positive Surgical Margins
  • Identifying Bladder Urothelial Carcinomas Using Fluorescent Signal Intensity of pH Low Inserting Peptides
  • Erectile Function 5 years Following Successful Penis Transplantation
  • Comparison of Guidance UTI and standard urine culture for rates of sepsis, hospitalization and other adverse outcomes in complicated urinary tract infections
  • Prostacyclin (Treprostinil) Therapy Improves Renal Hemodynamics During Rat Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury