"Immunomodulation in GWI (Phlebotomy)"

Georgetown University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Gulf War Illness

Treatments: Other: Draw blood (phlebotomy, 83 ml)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04058275

2018-0470

Details and patient eligibility

About

Gulf War Illness and deployed veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War are invited to have a brief history and physical examination to determine their health status, complete questionnaires, then donate about 83 ml of blood. There is no follow-up

Full description

Gulf War Illness and deployed veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War are invited to have a brief history and physical examination to determine their health status, complete questionnaires, then donate about 83 ml of blood. There is no follow-up.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Kansas Criteria for GWI
• CDC criteria for CMI

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic medical or psychiatric disorder that may be responsible for symptoms of GWI

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Description:

Deployed to 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War Do not meet Kansas Criteria for Gulf War Illness \[Steele L. Prevalence and patterns of Gulf War illness in Kansas veterans: association of symptoms with characteristics of person, place, and time of military service. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Nov 15; 152:992-1002. PubMed PMID: 11092441.\] Good general medical and psychiatric health

Treatment:

Other: Draw blood (phlebotomy, 83 ml)

Gulf War Illness

Description:

Deployed to 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War Meet Kansas Criteria for Gulf War Illness \[Steele L. Prevalence and patterns of Gulf War illness in Kansas veterans: association of symptoms with characteristics of person, place, and time of military service. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Nov 15; 152:992-1002. PubMed PMID: 11092441.\] plus Center for Disease Control criteria for Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI) \[Fukuda K, Nisenbaum R, Stewart G, Thompson WW, Robin L, Washko RM, Noah DL, Barrett DH, Randall B, Herwaldt BL, Mawle AC, Reeves WC. Chronic multisymptom illness affecting Air Force veterans of the Gulf War. JAMA. 1998 Sep 16;280(11):981-8. PubMed PMID: 9749480.\]

Treatment:

Other: Draw blood (phlebotomy, 83 ml)