Investigating Health Impacts of Exposure to Harmful Algal Blooms

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Conditions studied: Red Tide, Neurologic Disorder, Florida

In brief

The goals of this project are to study the biological effects of environmental toxins (ET), in particular aquatic toxins such as brevetoxins (PbTx) and microcystin or their metabolites. This study is designed to examine the effects of the body from harmful algae blooms (HAB) as well as possibility of an association between exposure to the marine toxin, brevetoxin (PbTx), which is released from K. brevis during the red tide bloom, and the prevalence of neurological illnesses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06883227

Run by

Roskamp Institute Inc.

People needed

400

Starts

2024-10-14

Expected to finish

2030-10-14

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subject should be able to provide written informed consent.
• Adult aged 18 or older.
• Resident (temporary or permanent) of one of the following five southwest Florida counties (Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Sarasota, or Manatee).
• Any race or ethnicity.
• Willing to return for at least a total of four study visits and participate in all required procedures for the duration of the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to speak or write in English.
• Any medical condition for which the study investigator believes enrollment is medically inappropriate.
• Unwilling/unable to provide biological samples or poor venous access.

Where it is running

• The Roskamp Institute — Sarasota, Florida, United States (enrolling)

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