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A Multi-Center Protocol for Obtaining and Storing Human Samples for Immediate or Future Microbial, Immune, or Host Microbe Scientific Study

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Randall Wolcott, Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00765141
First received: September 30, 2008
Last updated: September 6, 2011
Last verified: September 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

The intent of this protocol is to salvage human-related material that is normally destined for destruction, so it can be used in infection-related scientific studies.


Condition
Infection

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: A Multi-Center Protocol for Obtaining and Storing Human Samples for Immediate or Future Microbial, Immune, or Host Microbe Scientific Study

Further study details as provided by Southwest Regional Wound Care Center:

Biospecimen Retention:   Samples With DNA

The samples can include material such as wound debridement, removed orthopedic implants, removed catheters or shunts, excised tonsils, amputated tissue, sputum, stool, or other excretions.


Enrollment: 0
Study Start Date: June 2008
Study Completion Date: March 2009
Primary Completion Date: March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts
No treatment

Detailed Description:

This clinical material can be studied in order to better understand the molecular, cellular, or ecological components of the infected or potentially infected tissue or device. These studies may be able to provide important insights into the keys of chronic infections, complex infections, medical biofilms, pathogen ecology, and healing.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

The samples can include material such as wound debridement, removed orthopedic implants, removed catheters or shunts, excised tonsils, amputated tissue, sputum, stool, or other excretions.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The Subject must be 18 years of age or older.
  • The Subject must be mentally competent as determined by the Investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The Subject may not be currently incarcerated.
  • The Subject may not be knowingly pregnant.
  • The Subject may not be institutionalized.
  • The Subject may not be an employee or student of the investigator or sponsor.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00765141

Locations
United States, Texas
Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79410
Sponsors and Collaborators
Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Randall Wolcott, MD Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Randall Wolcott, Principal Investigator, Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00765141     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 56-RW-011
Study First Received: September 30, 2008
Last Updated: September 6, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Southwest Regional Wound Care Center:
wound debridement
removed orthopedic implants
removed catheters or shunts
excised tonsils
 amputated tissue
sputum, stool
or other excretions.

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013