University of Central Florida BEEAST

University of Central Florida Biobank for Extreme Environments, Aviation and Space Travel

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06781424

Enrollment

10000

Registered

2025-01-17

Start date

2025-01-13

Completion date

2075-01-13

Last updated

2025-03-26

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Conditions

Biospecimen Donation, Environmental Impact

Keywords

donate, biobank, biospecimen, astronaut, pilot

Brief summary

Since the inception of aerospace travel, NASA has been collecting biospecimens from professional astronauts for research. With the recent growth of civilian aerospace travelers, there is a need for biospecimen banking for civilian astronauts. This protocol addresses this gap by being a biobank for civilian astronauts, their family members (to be controls) and others who are also doing travel to extreme environments (pilots, submariners).

Detailed description

The objective of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine's Biobank for Extreme Environments, Aviation and Space Travel (BEEAST) is to acquire, store, and distribute identifiable human biospecimens and health information for medical research purposes only. The target population are astronauts, aviators, submariners, persons living in extreme environments (such as Antarctica), and their families, and people from the general population who can serve as matching controls.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Primary Enrollees: adults, ages 18 and older, and persons who travel (such as space travel) or live in extreme environments (such as Antarctica). * Secondary Enrollees: Referred adult family members (such as siblings and spouses) of primary enrollees. * Tertiary Enrollees: Adult persons from the general public can enroll to serve as matching controls. Tertiary enrollees will be screened based on age, gender, race and ethnicity, country of residence, disease/ conditions and employment history. * Pregnant women may choose to enroll.

Exclusion criteria

* adults unable to consent, * minors (under age 18) * prisoners

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Receipt of donated biospecimen for aerospace research	50 years	Donated biospecimens from participants will aid in the improvement of medical aerospace research. The key research divisions are cancer, cardiovascular, immunity and pathogenesis, neuroscience, and molecular microbiology.

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactBritney-Ann Wray, BS, CTBS, CCRP

britney-ann.wray@ucf.edu4072668742

Outcome results