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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 7 January 2013
Main ID:  NCT00224185
Date of registration: 20/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Public title: Evaluation of Lungs of Normal Individuals by Lung Lavage, Brushing and Bronchial Wall Biopsy
Scientific title: Evaluation of the Lungs of Normal Individuals With Segmental Bronchopulmonary Lung Lavage, Bronchial Brushing and Bronchial Wall Biopsy
Date of first enrolment: January 2004
Target sample size: 196
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00224185
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Ronald G Crystal, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All study subjects should be able to provide informed consent

- Males or females ages 18 years and older.

- Must provide HIV informed consent.

- Non-smokers, ex-smokers and smokers.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Individuals not deemed in good overall health by the investigator will not be
accepted into the study.

- Drug and/or alcohol abuse within the past six months.

- Individuals with history of chronic lung disease, including asthma or with recurrent
or recent (within three months) acute pulmonary disease will not be accepted into the
study.

- Individuals with allergies to atropine or any local anesthetic will not be accepted
into the study.

- Individuals with allergies to pilocarpine, isoproterenol, terbutaline, atropine or
aminophylline will not be accepted into the study

- Females who are pregnant or nursing will not be accepted into the study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lung Diseases
Smoking
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Bronchial Brushing
Procedure: Bronchial Wall Biopsy
Procedure: Bronchopulmonary Lung Lavage
Primary Outcome(s)
Evaluate etiology of lung diseases [Time Frame: 9/31/2012]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Effect of smoking on the genes of airway epithelial cells [Time Frame: 9/31/2012]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB0005004439
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Rockefeller University
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