Occupational Exposures Among Firefighters

Vincere Cancer Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Other: PFAS / heavy metal testing, exposures

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06173843

VCC-PFAS-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to understand the effect of occupational exposures, including PFAS exposures, among firefighters.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older; any gender
• Currently (or previously) employed as a firefighter, full-time or part-time, participating in Vincere's First Responder Cancer Screening Program
• Willing to provide a blood, urine, and/or tissue sample
• Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study

(A small group of non-firefighters will be enrolled to act as a comparison group)

Trial design

2,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Firefighters

Treatment:

Other: PFAS / heavy metal testing, exposures

Non-Firefighters

Treatment:

Other: PFAS / heavy metal testing, exposures