VCRC Tissue Repository
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Aortitis
- Churg-Strauss Syndrome
- Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's)
- Henoch Schonlein Purpura
- IgA Vasculitis
- Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Takayasu Arteritis
- Type
- Observational
- Design
- Observational Model: CohortTime Perspective: Other
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Younger than 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Biopsy specimens collected as standard of care for these diseases will be retrieved and used in research. The most common biopsies performed are kidney, lung, skin, nerves, and vessels; however, other tissue is also of interest for the study. Biopsies are not performed as part of this protocol, rath...
Biopsy specimens collected as standard of care for these diseases will be retrieved and used in research. The most common biopsies performed are kidney, lung, skin, nerves, and vessels; however, other tissue is also of interest for the study. Biopsies are not performed as part of this protocol, rather we will request consent to collect biopsy specimens already collected under routine care.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT02967068
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)
- Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
- Investigators
- Study Chair: Peter A Merkel, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania
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