Microbial Community Composition and Dynamics in Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Sibling Pairs

Completed

Conditions studied: Cystic Fibrosis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to identify all the bacterial species present in the respiratory tracts of patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), and to connect them with clinical information. Traditional culture methods of throat swab and sputum samples can only identify the most prevalent bacteria in samples, those of which there are over about 5 million bacteria per teaspoon. A recently developed method has been found to be more sensitive and can detect up to several hundred bacterial species in throat swab or sputum sample of individual CF patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00590330

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

55

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-05-13

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between the ages of 1-16 upon enrollment
• Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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