50,000 volunteers needed to create massive health database
NCT ID NCT01708408
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is creating a large community registry and biorepository with 50,000 adults from Cabarrus County and Kannapolis. Participants provide health information and biological samples to help researchers better understand chronic diseases and improve medicine. It is an observational study, not a treatment trial.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry could provide a rich data and sample resource for many future studies, potentially leading to better understanding and treatment of chronic diseases.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It does not test any intervention, so direct health benefits for participants are unlikely. The value depends on future research using the collected data.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 50,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2009
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The Community Registry and Biorepository is designed to create a community registry and biorepository populated by approximately 50,000 residents of Cabarrus County and/or the city of Kannapolis in North Carolina.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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. A resident of Cabarrus County and/or the city of Kannapolis (and surrounding regions) for 6 or more months of the year 2. At least 18 years of age 3. Able to understand and give written informed consent, or have a legal guardian or caregiver present to give informed consent by proxy (assent from a participant between ages 12-18 will be obtained when their parent or legal guardian consents on their behalf). 4. Willing and able to participate in all 5 components of the registry and biorepository as described above in Section III Exclusion Criteria: 1\. There are no exclusions to participation if all inclusion criteria have been met.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke Clinical Translational Science Institute-MURDOCK Study
Kannapolis, North Carolina, 28081, United States
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