Blood Collection for Research Related to Certain Diseases Involving Blood Vessels

NCT ID: NCT00047996

Last Updated: 2025-12-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

2000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-11-04

Brief Summary

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The collection of human specimens from both patients and healthy volunteers is necessary for the development of laboratory assays to further basic and clinical research studies. This protocol defines the purposes for which specimens will be collected and establishes general conditions under which sample collection will be performed.

Detailed Description

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The collection of human specimens from both patients and healthy volunteers is necessary for the development of laboratory assays to further basic and clinical research studies. This protocol defines the purposes for which specimens will be collected and establishes general conditions under which sample collection will be performed.

Conditions

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Sickle Cell Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group1

Clinical Center Patients, Healthy Volunteers

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Males or females of age 18 years and older can be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals without sickle cell disease or other chronic anemias who wish to donate blood will be excluded if the hemoglobin is less than 10 g/dL for women or less than 12g/dL for men.

Individuals with sickle cell disease or other chronic anemias will be excluded from donating blood samples if the hemoglobin is less than 6 g/dL.

A participant s most recent CBC result, obtained in the past 12 months, will be used to determine eligibility.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Swee Lay Thein, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Locations

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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status

INOVA Fairfax Hosptial

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Tumburu L, Ghosh-Choudhary S, Seifuddin FT, Barbu EA, Yang S, Ahmad MM, Wilkins LHW, Tunc I, Sivakumar I, Nichols JS, Dagur PK, Yang S, Almeida LEF, Quezado ZMN, Combs CA, Lindberg E, Bleck CKE, Zhu J, Shet AS, Chung JH, Pirooznia M, Thein SL. Circulating mitochondrial DNA is a proinflammatory DAMP in sickle cell disease. Blood. 2021 Jun 3;137(22):3116-3126. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009063.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33661274 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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03-H-0015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

030015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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