Adults Helping Adults With Immune Diseases
Official Title
Creation of a pediatric healthy control repository for clinical diagnostic immunology test development and validation
Purpose
A test for healthy adults from 19 - 75 years old to develop normal values for interpretation of immunological tests in adults with disorders of the immune system.
Voluntary participation involves blood draw at Nationwide Children's hospital. Qualified participants would be eligible to provide a sample every 2 months (not more than 6 times per year).
Could this study be right for you?
If you are:
- An adult 19 years of age or older
- Healthy with no significant medical diagnoses
- Have no chronic conditions that can affect results of immunological studies
- Not on any medication known to alter immune status or function
- Have not undergone recent surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or transplantation
- Non-smoker
- Body mass index (BMI) in healthy range
- No infections within last 2 months