Understanding and Diagnosing Allergic Disease in Twins

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Allergies

Treatments: Other: No Intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01613885

SU-10042011-8546

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 340 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Twin participants ages 0 to 80 years who are with or without allergy disease.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with special risks attendant to venipuncture will be excluded.

Trial design

340 participants in 1 patient group

Twins

Description:

Twins that are ages 0 to 80 years, with or without allergy disease.

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention