Deployment-Related Lung Disease Research Database and Biorepository
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Biorepository.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Bronchiolitis. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of this research study is to establish a research database and biorepository for patients at National Jewish Health (NJH) who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). This study will also include civilian contractors who worked as part of these military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. The biorepository would store blood samples obtained from these patients during a clinic visit. The research database would store prospectively and retrospectively collected clinical and exposure data that would enable us to comprehensively characterize each case.
Detailed description
If informed consent is obtained, test results and other information collected for clinical reasons will be entered in a research database designed and maintained by DEOHS staff. The clinical data collected are part of the routine diagnosis and care of these patients. No additional procedures are required for the purpose of this research database. Collection of symptom and exposure data using a questionnaire designed for this study.
All NJH patients who served in southwest Asia will be approached for inclusion in the study. This will also attempt to contact patients evaluated previously at NJH for deployment-related lung disease to obtain informed consent to include data from their medical record and the research questionnaire in the database.
Interventions
- Other Biorepository
One-time blood draw for blood to be stored in a biorepositoy
Primary outcome measures
- collect symptom and exposure data [Time frame: Up to 24 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Served in the southwest Asia wars
Exclusion criteria
- Did not served in the southwest Asia wars
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- National Jewish Health — Denver
Publications
- Zell-Baran LM, Meehan R, Wolff J, Strand M, Krefft SD, Gottschall EB, Macedonia TV, Gross JE, Sanders OL, Pepper GC, Rose CS. Military Occupational Specialty Codes: Utility in Predicting Inhalation Exposures in Post-9/11 Deployers. J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Dec;61(12):1036-1040. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001731. PMID 31592941
- Krefft SD, Wolff J, Zell-Baran L, Strand M, Gottschall EB, Meehan R, Rose CS. Respiratory Diseases in Post-9/11 Military Personnel Following Southwest Asia Deployment. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 May;62(5):337-343. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001817. PMID 31977922
Identifiers
NCT: NCT03035097 · HS-2689