Inflammatory Disorders Evaluation and Long-Term Follow-Up
This study aims to observe and follow up with patients who have unusual inflammatory disorders, and screen them for potential inclusion in other research protocols.
Data Collection
Collected from today forward - ProspectivePathologic Processes+2
+ Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
+ Disease
Other
Utilizing specific methods not covered by standard models in order to address unique research questions.Summary
Study start date: June 1, 1993
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.Inflammatory disorders, including but not limited to those caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections, and those associated with aberrant immunologic responses are exceedingly common acute and chronic disorders affecting humans. The pathogeneses of these various disorders are being investigated under a number of NIAID clinical research protocols. This protocol is an evaluation and long-term follow-up protocol of such disorders for the purposes of maintaining a group of patients on which LCIM investigators draw for our other various protocols. Also, this protocol may serve as a start point to studies of syndromes or diseases not being addressed by specific protocols, and therefore, can be used to evaluate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions when appropriate in order to try to understand further the disease before embarking in a specific protocol. It is anticipated that the patients will receive a degree of clinical evaluation, care and monitoring more extensive that that generally available and that specimens collected from them can sometimes be used for laboratory studies related to inflammatory conditions.
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.500 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Other
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Over 2 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Criteria
* INCLUSION CRITIERIA: * Males and females ages 2 years and older. * Inflammatory conditions associated with, but not limited, to acute and chronic infections or presumed infections, and congenital or acquired immunologic disorders, as determined by the principal or associated investigators. * A NIAID/LCIM investigator has an interest in the patient s illness and is willing to serve as attending physician to supervise the patient's medical care at the NIH. * If appropriate, immediate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions may be evaluated under this protocol to determine if they may also be affected by their relative s disease. * Willingness to participate in clinical protocols when appropriate. * Subjects must maintain a primary physician outside NIH for non-protocol related medical complaints and for emergency medical treatment required for these or other of their disorders. * Willingness to have samples stored and to provide tissue samples for studying immune dysregulation and for genetic analysis. * Ablility to provide informed consent or, for the patient cohort, has a designated legally authorized representative (LAR). * For females, not pregnant.
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.2 intervention groups are designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
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