Scientists gather clues on mysterious immune defects
NCT ID NCT04408950
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study collected blood, saliva, stool, urine, and skin samples from 19 people with unknown or poorly understood immune system problems. The goal was to learn how different parts of the immune system work together. No treatments or drugs were tested. Participants were followed for up to 5 years to track health changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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19 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Study participants will be selected or referred to the protocol from other NIH groups whose patients have an uncharacterized immune defect. Unaffected biological relatives of these participants may also be recruited.
- Ages
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2 to 120 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Aged greater than or equal to 2 years. 2. Meets 1 of the following criteria: a. Patient with a suspected or known/molecularly defined but incompletely characterized immune disorder (as determined by a referring NIH study staff member) AND meeting at least one of the following: i. within 1 year of screening, abnormal immune function demonstrated by at least one laboratory test result outside the normal range ii. history of severe or atypical infection, immune dysregulation (defined as autoimmunity, lymphoproliferation, or HLH), or autoinflammatory symptoms (defined as episodic fever often associated with dermatitis, gastrointestinal symptoms, and arthropathy). b. Biological unaffected relative of an individual meeting criterion 2a but who does not meet criterion 2a himself/herself. Unaffected relatives may be mother, father, siblings, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or first cousins to the individual. 3. Willing to allow storage of samples and data for future research. 4. For patients, currently or previously enrolled on an NIH protocol that performs WES or WGS and that allows sharing of sequence data. 5. For unaffected relatives, able to provide informed consent. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Individuals meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded from study participation: 1. History of secondary causes of immunodeficiency or dysregulation (e.g., HIV infection, immunodeficiency from chronic use of immunosuppressive or chemotherapeutic agents), at the discretion of the investigator. 2. Pregnancy. 3. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicates participation in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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