Protocol Number: 03-I-0240

Title:

An Investigation of the Inflammatory Response in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Number:

03-I-0240

Summary:

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a newly recognized illness that can be fatal.

The purpose of this study is to better understand SARS by collecting samples of blood and other body fluids of people who have been exposed to SARS or who are suspected to have the illness.

Up to 300 volunteers aged 18 years or older will be enrolled in this study. Participants will donate blood samples and, if appropriate, samples of fluid from the lungs, nose, or throat. Researchers will test these samples for proteins that control or mediate inflammatory or immune responses. The patterns of these proteins will reveal how SARS affects the body and the efforts the body makes to fight off the infection.

Sponsoring Institute:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Recruitment Detail

Type: Active Accrual Of New Subjects

Gender: Male & Female

Referral Letter Required: Yes

Population Exclusion(s): None

Eligibility Criteria:

INCLUSION CRITERIA - CASES:

Patients fulfilling the CDC case definition or WHO definition for suspected or probable SARS.

Newly identified patients found to have recovered from SARS can also be enrolled.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA - CASES:

Patients diagnoses with alternative illnesses as the cause of the symptoms.

INCLUSION CRITERIA - HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS:

For the purpose of this study, a healthy volunteer is defined as a healthy male or female, age 18 and above.

Volunteers will be excluded if they have a pre-existing or concurrent serious chronic medical or psychiatric illness.

Chronic medication use will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

They will also be excluded if they have received an investigational drug in the past 3 months.

Special Instructions:

Please note that this protocol is not recruiting subjects at the current time.

Keywords:

Inflammation

Coronavirus

Immunity

Interferon

Cytokine

Recruitment Keywords:

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SARS

Healthy Volunteer

HV

Conditions:

SARS Virus

Investigational Drug(s):

None

Investigational Device(s):

None

Contacts:

Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61
10 Cloister Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754
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TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free)
Fax: 301-480-9793

Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov

Citations: Not Provided

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