A Biorepository of Multiple Allergic Diseases (MADREP) With Longitudinal Follow-Up

This is a single-site repository study that will prospectively collect samples and data from participants with allergic and atopic diseases and associated conditions such as chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis, through the evaluation, testing, and monitoring of patients with these conditions at the NIH Clinical Center (CC) and via telehealth visits and/or send-in samples. This repository will provide atopic participant samples for translational studies performed by NIH investigators or their collaborators and also serve as a means for recruiting atopic control patients to ongoing NIAID and National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) clinical studies.

Participants aged 3 and older will present to the NIH CC for visits for clinical evaluation and treatment of allergic diseases as appropriate. Data and samples obtained but not utilized from clinically indicated procedures will be put into the repository (e.g. physical exams, nasal endoscopy, blood tests, olfaction assessment, and nasal sinus polyp biopsy where appropriate).

Samples that may be collected prospectively for inclusion in the repository include nasal brushings, nasal lining fluid, blood, urine, and skin swabs. Additionally, extra skin, nasal sinus polyp, and gastrointestinal biopsies may be collected during clinically indicated procedures. The following assessments will also be performed for research purposes: Data collected from patient reported outcomes (PROs) and questionnaires, blood, urine, allergy skin prick testing, skin swab, and pulmonary function testing to include fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing (FeNO). Data/samples from clinical procedures will also be collected for the repository, where possible.

Although standard of care treatment may be initiated and monitored under this protocol, it will be expected that after a set number of visits outlined in the manual of operations, continued medication prescribing and monitoring will be transitioned to the referring provider, the patient s outside primary physician or allergist-immunologist, or another NIH protocol depending on the patient condition and importance for biorepository collection. No experimental treatments will be offered under this protocol.

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Contact Information

Office/Contact: NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR)
Phone: 800-411-1222
TTY: TTY dial 711
Email: ccopr@nih.gov
 

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