Genetics of Middle Ear Disease
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Official title
Genetic Epidemiology of Otitis Media
Brief summary
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The goal of this study is to identify the genes that contribute to susceptibility to recurrent/persistent middle ear disease. Five hundred families with at least 2 children who have undergone tympanostomy tube insertion will be enrolled. A blood sample will be obtained from the children who had tubes and any available parent (at least 1), as well as any siblings without significant histories of middle ear disease.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00422136
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 2,121 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 2002
- Primary completion
- Jun 30, 2007
- Completion
- Jun 30, 2009
- Last update posted
- Nov 13, 2017
2002 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15224 | — |
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