Gerontology Research Center Tissue Procurement for Biomedical Research



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Arthritis, Cancer, Cancer, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Neurology, Psychiatric, Endocrine
Therapuetic Areas:Cardiology / Vascular Diseases, Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology, Psychiatry / Psychology, Rheumatology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 99
Updated:2/28/2019
Start Date:February 10, 2003
End Date:December 31, 2022
Contact:Josephine M Egan, M.D.
Email:eganj@mail.nih.gov
Phone:(410) 558-8414

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Tissue Procurement for Biomedical Research

The need to obtain human tissue (blood, urine, saliva, sweat, pleural, pericardia\, ascitic,
synovial, cerebrospinal fluids) for methods development and disease correlation is frequent
in Gerontology Research Center laboratories. This protocol is to create the opportunity to
obtain such tissue samples that have been obtained during the course of usual clinical care
and would be discarded, or alternatively, to obtain such samples during subject and patient
screening for other studies (in this case only blood, urine, saliva, or sweat). Information
derived from such studies is for research purposes only and is not provided to the
patient/subject or their health care provider. When genetic analyses are performed, samples
will have been coded and identifying information linking patient/subject to the sample will
be destroyed. Any genetic information obtained will have no established clinical value and
will not be provided to the subject/patient or their health care provider.

Patients included will be those 18 years or older and who have been identified by the
investigator to have a condition of interest for exploratory studies related to the patient's
illness or other feature that offers the possibility of creating information that leads to
scientifically useful and important studies. Patients will be excluded if obtaining the
sample would be over and above usual clinical care, would result in excessive blood loss, or
the individual is unable to provide informed consent.

The expected outcome is to provide the investigator the opportunity to obtain tissues of
interest for laboratory evaluation with the goal of either better understanding a disease or
to design a scientific study to better understand or treat a disease.

The need to obtain human tissue (blood, urine, saliva, sweat, pleural, pericardial, ascitic,
synovial, cerebrospinal fluids) for methods development and disease correlation is frequent
in Gerontology Research Center laboratories. This protocol is to create the opportunity to
obtain such tissue samples including: blood, urine, saliva, sweat, feces, and hair and nail
clippings. It may also include samples taken during a surgical procedure, including: fluid
from around the spinal column, heart, lungs and abdomen; fat, muscle, connective tissue and
organs (liver, bladder, heart, kideny and skin).

Information derived from such studies is for research purposes only and is not provided to
the patient/subject or their health care provider. Samples will be coded (no names) and
identifying information linking the particpinat to the sample will be maintained in s secure
location by the P.I. and Study Coordinator.

Patients included will be those 18 years or older and who have been identified by the
investigator to have a condition of interest for exploratory studies related to the patient s
illness or other feature that offers the possibility of creating information that leads to
scientifically useful and important studies. Patients will be excluded if obtaining the
sample would be over and above usual clinical care, would result in excessive blood loss, or
the individual is unable to provide informed consent.

The expected outcome is to provide the investigator the opportunity to obtain tissues of
interest for laboratory evaluation with the goal of either better understanding a disease or
to design a scientific study to better understand or treat a disease.

- INCLUSION CRITERIA:

- Age 18 or older.

- Identified by the investigator to have a condition of interest for exploratory studies
related to the patient s illness or other feature that offers the possibility of
generation of hypotheses for future study.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

- The patient would be subjected to diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures that are
not necessary for clinical management.

- Excessive blood loss if this phlebotomy plus other research participation and/or
clinical evaluation will result in blood loss of greater than 1 unit (400 ml, 1 pint)
over an 8-week period.

Inability of the volunteer to give informed consent.
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