Your genes could guide your meds: new registry aims to reduce drug side effects
NCT ID NCT06726590
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study is building a registry of genetic and health information from 3,000 people with conditions like diabetes, high cholesterol, cancer, and heart disease. The goal is to help doctors choose the safest and most effective medications based on a person's genetic makeup. Participants will provide blood and urine samples and have their medications reviewed to track any side effects.
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 could help doctors personalize medication choices based on a patient's genetics, reducing side effects and improving treatment effectiveness.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It collects data but does not test a new drug or therapy, so direct patient benefits may take years to realize.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
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
Texas A\&M Health clinical programs.
- Ages
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18 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 Criteria: * The study will invite patients who are eligible for PGX workup/PGX care to participate, provided they meet the following criteria: Use of five or more medications, including over the counter drugs, supplements, natural products, cannabis products, or other recreational drugs, or * Individuals taking blood pressure or depression medications, even if less than five medications. * Ability to understand and give consent. * Able to consent to donate blood and/or urine samples and buccal swabs. * Able to answer detailed questionnaires, including quarterly questionnaires about ADRs, cognitive testing such as serial mini-mental status exams, and or quality of life questions. * Able to understand that their health record and changes in health status will be followed for a five-year period and shared in deidentified form with the research community. * All genders. * Any age over 18 years. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals admitted to hospice. * Declines to participate or interact with staff/share their medical status. * A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias in a medical record as this indicates a progressive, debilitating condition that impairs memory, thought processes, and functioning., * Individuals who are unable or unwilling to provide consent. * Unable to verbally communicate and comprehend English language
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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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Texas A&M Family Care
RECRUITINGBryan, Texas, 77802, United States
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