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Rapid Acquisition of Pre- and Post-Incident Disaster Data

NCT02473770 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2021-02-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background:

\- Disasters like earthquakes, floods, and oil spills can give people health problems. Workers who respond to a disaster (like police and firefighters) are directly exposed to contaminants during the emergency response. So they could be at the greatest risk for these problems. Researchers want to gather data about these workers before and right after they go to a disaster. They hope this will help them understand the health effects of disasters.

Objectives:

\- To answer questions about the health effects of disaster exposures. To create a participant registry and collect biological samples and health data.

Eligibility:

\- People at least 21 years of age who are sent to a disaster area for an emergency response.

Design:

* Participants will have 1 study visit.
* Participants will answer questions about:
* Contact information
* Health, lifestyle, emotions
* Medical history
* Disaster response activities
* Things they are exposed to in the environment
* Participants may have blood collected from a vein in the arm.
* Participants may give biological samples. These may be urine, saliva, cheek cells, nail clippings, or hair.
* Participants will have a short physical exam. They may have their hip and waist measured over their clothes. The amount of oxygen in their blood may be measured by a sensor on a finger or ear.
* Participants may have a lung function test. They will take a deep breath and exhale strongly.
* Participants will be asked to agree to be contacted later to update contact data and learn about future studies.

Conditions

  • Biological Specimens

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Stavros Garantziotis, M.D. · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-27
Primary Completion
2021-01-27
Completion
2021-01-27

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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