Platelet Volunteers, Longitudinal and Multi-omic Study

ConditionThrombosis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

About this trial

Background:

Platelets are a type of blood cell that play a critical role in bleeding, forming blood clots, and healing. Researchers want to know more about platelets work in healthy people. They want to look at how platelets clump together, how blood clots, and how genes and proteins work. They also want to study how these processes change over time and how they are affected by factors such diet, exercise, weight, and new health problems.

Objective:

To study how platelets function in healthy people.

Eligibility:

Healthy people aged 18 years and older.

Design:

Researchers will review participants medical history. They will ask about the participant s family history and any drugs they take.

Participants will have a clinic visit once every 6 or 7 months for 10 years. Each visit will be 2 to 3 hours.

At each visit, participants will have several tests and procedures:

A physical exam, including vital signs. Hip and ankle circumference will be measured.

Urine collection.

Blood tests. About 10 tablespoons of blood will be drawn. Participants will be asked to fast for 10 hours and avoid drugs like aspirin or Advil for 7 days before each draw. Some of the blood may be used for gene studies. Some may be used to create stem cells for research. Stem cells are cells that can be used to make other types of cells.

Surveys and questionnaires. Participants will answer questions about habitual activity, diet, smoking, drugs and alcohol, sleep, illness, and other health issues. These surveys may be done online, via email, or by phone.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures, including fasting at least 10 hours before each blood draw

Stated willingness to refrain from aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for 7 days prior to any visits

Age >= 18 years

In good general health as evidenced by self-reported medical history

Disqualifiers

Current pregnancy or lactation

Active malignancies known, active known auto-immune disease, known major CVD (e.g., heart attack, stroke, venous thromboembolism, heart failure), severe bleeding history, on regular P2Y12 inhibitors or other antiplatelet treatments for a clinical reason, uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes

Trial population

Healthy participants, at least 18 years of age

Trial design

Design model

Other

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

400 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial group
Group A: Healthy

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Establish and validate technical assays and equipment (e.g. platelet aggregation, hemostasis measurements, methylation, RNA-seq, proteomics and WGS, in vitro iPSC.

To provide a mechanism for collection of tissue samples from healthy volunteers for use in research studies relating to platelet biology.The goal is to obtain blood samples and corresponding derived information to optimize assays, understand variation in these assays due to different sources of variation, and conduct statistical association studies with appropriate designs including cross-sectional analysis, and longitudinal analyses. Environmental variables may include health reports, anthropometric variables, questions on habits and risk factors and medication during the study.

Time frame
10 years
2

Establish normal physiologic mechanisms and platelet-related parameters. How these vary longitudinally and are influenced by variables (e.g., reproducibility, fluctuation with changing diet, exercise, weight and other factors.

To provide a mechanism for collection of tissue samples from healthy volunteers for use in research studies relating to platelet biology.The goal is to obtain blood samples and corresponding derived information to optimize assays, understand variation in these assays due to different sources of variation, and conduct statistical association studies with appropriate designs including cross-sectional analysis, and longitudinal analyses. Environmental variables may include health reports, anthropometric variables, questions on habits and risk factors and medication during the study.

Time frame
10 years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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