The Acquisition of Blood and Skin Samples From Normal Volunteers to Support Research Activities on Dermatologic Diseases

The Acquisition of Blood and Skin Samples From Patient Volunteers to Support Research Activities on Dermatologic and Other Diseases

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00001505

Enrollment

304

Registered

1999-11-04

Start date

1998-01-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-28

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Conditions

Dermatologic Diseases, Healthy Volunteer, Systemic Diseases

Keywords

Biopsy, Research, Autoimmune, Blistering, Compensation, Natural History

Brief summary

Background: -This protocol is concerned with the acquisition of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin diseases to support the basic science and clinical research activities of the Dermatology Branch and other intramural Laboratories and Branches at the NIH Clinical Research Center. Objectives: (Primary) -To allow collection of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin or systemic diseases as needed to support the research activities of our Branch and other Laboratories and Branches. Eligibility: * Healthy individuals (including employees and other patients) and patients with selected skin or other diseases, including individuals of both genders and all racial/ethnic groups. * Patient volunteers must be willing to undergo blood drawing and/or skin/mucosal biopsies. Design: -This is dependent upon the particular investigation for which these samples are needed.

Detailed description

Background: -This protocol is concerned with the acquisition of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin diseases to support the basic science and clinical research activities of the Dermatology Branch and other intramural Laboratories and Branches at the NIH Clinical Research Center. Objectives: (Primary) -To allow collection of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin or systemic diseases as needed to support the research activities of our Branch and other Laboratories and Branches. Eligibility: * Healthy individuals (including employees and other patients) and patients with selected skin or other diseases, including individuals of both genders and all racial/ethnic groups. * Patient volunteers must be willing to undergo blood drawing and/or skin/mucosal samples/monitoring. Design: -This is dependent upon the particular investigation for which these samples are needed.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* INCLUSION CRITERIA: Healthy individuals (including employees and other patients), and patients with selected skin or other diseases, including individuals of both genders and all racial/ethnic groups. Patient volunteers must be willing to undergo blood drawing and/or skin/mucosal sampling/monitoring to include non-invasive skin samples.

Exclusion criteria

Strong family history and/or evidence of keloid formation following surgery or trauma. Children under the age of 18 years. Pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Collection of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin or systemic diseases	Ongoing	Collection of blood, skin, or mucosal samples from healthy volunteers or patients with selected skin or systemic diseases

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHeidi H Kong, M.D.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

Outcome results