Vascular Disease Discovery Protocol
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Conditions studied: Vascular Dysfunction, Genetic Mutations, Genetic Predisposition
In brief
Background: Some genetic diseases put increase the risk of heart and blood diseases, which are the number one cause of death and disability in the U.S. Researchers want to study diseases of the heart and/or blood vessels. They want to collect data and specimens from affected people, their family members, and healthy people. Objective: To study diseases of the heart and/or blood vessels. Eligibility: People age 2 and older who may have genetic disease affecting the heart and/or blood vessels Their relatives Healthy volunteers Design: Participants will be screened with a medical history, physical exams, and imaging tests. Participants may have a few visits or visits for 2 weeks or more. This will depend on their age and disease status. Visits may include: Photographs of the face and body Heart tests Samples taken of blood, urine, saliva, skin, and/or tissue Scans. For some, a dye may be injected into a vein. A six-minute walk test Lung tests. For some, participants will blow into a tube. For others, they will breathe in a gas from a mask, have a small injection, then have a scan. Stress tests while walking on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike Ultrasound of veins and arteries Devices outside the body testing the stiffness and function of arteries Eye exam and eye tests. For some, a dye may be injected in a vein. Blood pressure tests Measurements of blood flow under the skin and in the arms and fingernail blood vessels Devices outside the body testing flexibility of the blood vessels and skin, and skin temperature...
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03538639
- Run by
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- People needed
- 1000
- Starts
- 2018-07-30
- Expected to finish
- 2037-05-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-07
Who can join
Age: 2 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Healthy volunteers unable to give informed consent
- Healthy volunteers who decline to have blood drawn and/or tissue studies or who do not consent to have samples stored for future research.
- Cognitively impaired individuals who are not affected.
- Cognitively impaired individuals not related to affected subjects.
- Unaffected unrelated pregnant women.
Where it is running
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
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