9/11 dust registry launches to track health impacts on thousands
NCT ID NCT00404898
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study creates a research registry to track the health of up to 40,000 people exposed to World Trade Center dust after 9/11. Participants include local residents, cleanup workers, and responders. The goal is to better understand respiratory, mental, and general health effects over time.
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 help doctors better understand and treat health problems linked to WTC dust exposure.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It may not lead to direct health improvements, and results depend on accurate reporting from participants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 40,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Dec 2007
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
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 populations to be served will consist predominantly of a) local residents who were impacted by the dispersion of the WTC dusts and fumes, b) individuals involved in cleaning and debris removal of local commercial spaces, and c) responders to the WTC collapse. These populations will be recruited from past and ongoing programs that we have developed as well as from ongoing collaborations with community organizations that include: the Beyond Ground Zero Network, 9/11 Environmental Action committee, and the WTC Residents Coalition.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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.
Target populations who will participate in the Bellevue Hospital Red Cross WTC Health Impacts Program will include: * residents (children and adults) of Lower Manhattan communities at the time of the attacks, who remained or returned to their homes soon after the attacks * individuals involved in debris removal in surrounding commercial and residential buildings, * individuals involved in rescue, recovery and debris removal who have been previously screened through the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program and are in need of continued treatment.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10016, United States