Massive study tracks lung disease progression in 4,000 patients
NCT ID NCT00470327
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study follows 4,000 people with interstitial lung disease (including conditions like pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis) to understand how the disease naturally changes over time. Researchers will collect medical data and blood samples, and compare them to a healthy control group. The goal is to better describe the disease's patterns, 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 4,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2005
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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
Subjects cared for in the ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease)clinic
- 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: * Interstitial lung disease Exclusion Criteria: * Does not have Interstitial lung disease
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
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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University of Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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