NIH launches Long-Term observation of inflammatory diseases
NCT ID NCT00001351
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 11 times
Summary
This study follows up to 500 people with acute or chronic inflammatory disorders, such as infections or immune problems, over time. Researchers will monitor participants with standard tests and may screen them for other studies. The goal is to better understand these conditions and train doctors, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 1993
- 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
\- Inflammatory conditions associated with, but not limited, to acute and chronic infections or presumed infections, and congenital or acquired immunologic disorders@@@- If appropriate, immediate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions may be evaluated under this protocol, as a preamble to see if further investigation is warranted, what would be done under a specific protocol.
- Ages
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2 years and older
- 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 CRITIERIA: * Males and females ages 2 years and older. * Inflammatory conditions associated with, but not limited, to acute and chronic infections or presumed infections, and congenital or acquired immunologic disorders, as determined by the principal or associated investigators. * A NIAID/LCIM investigator has an interest in the patient s illness and is willing to serve as attending physician to supervise the patient's medical care at the NIH. * If appropriate, immediate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions may be evaluated under this protocol to determine if they may also be affected by their relative s disease. * Willingness to participate in clinical protocols when appropriate. * Subjects must maintain a primary physician outside NIH for non-protocol related medical complaints and for emergency medical treatment required for these or other of their disorders. * Willingness to have samples stored and to provide tissue samples for studying immune dysregulation and for genetic analysis. * Ablility to provide informed consent or, for the patient cohort, has a designated legally authorized representative (LAR). * For females, not pregnant.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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