Pesticides--Health Fertility and Reproductive Risk

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00015561

Enrollment

1803

Registered

2001-04-23

Start date

1996-09-30

Completion date

2001-08-31

Last updated

2006-09-04

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Conditions

Birth Defects, Cancer, Miscarriages

Keywords

population studies, laboratory evaluation, hormone analysis, semen analysis, chromosome studies

Brief summary

This project is designed to establish whether pesticides or other environmental agents have a role in the excess birth defects identified in the Red River Valley of Minnesota. In this human study, laboratory based health parameters will be used to key in health survey data. In vitro data will be developed to mechanistic information. Concordant results among these study features will provide a weight of evidence approach.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

DEFINED_POPULATION

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Pesticide applicators and their spouses

Countries

United States

Outcome results