NCT01613885

Understanding and Diagnosing Allergic Disease in Twins

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 340 (actual)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 0 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to gain better understanding of how the immune system works in twins with and without allergic disease. Healthy volunteers are not specifically targeted. Healthy non-allergic study participants may be found through the course of evaluation for the presence of allergies.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to study the genetic control and gain better understanding of how the immune system works in twins with and without allergic disease. Although healthy volunteers are not specifically targeted, they might be identified when non-allergic study participants are found through the course of evaluation for the presence of allergies.

Conditions

• Allergies

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No Intervention	This study does not involve any intervention other than obtaining blood, nasal/cheek/throat/skin swabs, saliva, sputum, urine, and stool samples, breathing and skin tests.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2019-10-01
• Completion: 2019-10-01
• First posted: 2012-06-07
• Last updated: 2021-03-17

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States