An observational study in Inflammation, sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-29.
Sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Observational
This study will investigate inflammatory diseases and disorders. Inflammation is the body s immune response to many things, including infections and other acute or chronic irritants. It may also be a sign of abnormal immune function. This study will allow evaluation and long-term follow-up of such disorders to:
Patients between 1 and 80 years of age with acute or chronic inflammation, including but not limited to viral, fungal or bacterial infections, or abnormal immune responses may be eligible for this study. Immediate family members of patients may also be enrolled for preliminary examination to see if they are affected in any way that may warrant further investigation.
All patients and family members will have a history, physical examination and laboratory tests. Depending on the results, family members may require additional tests. Patients will have additional diagnostic tests indicated for their specific disease, according to accepted medical standards. These may include routine blood and urine tests, X-rays or other imaging studies, body fluid or tissue cultures, skin tests for allergic or immune responses, and others as needed.
Treatments will include only medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration according to accepted dose schedules and delivery methods.
Patients may be requested to donate extra blood for research studies. No more than 450 cc (30 tablespoons) will be drawn from adults within a 6-week period, and no more that 7 cc (1/2 tablespoon) from children under 18 years of age in the same time period.
Inflammatory disorders, including but not limited to those caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections, and those associated with aberrant immunologic responses are exceedingly common acute and chronic disorders affecting humans. The pathogeneses of these various disorders are being investigated under a number of NIAID clinical research protocols. This protocol is an evaluation and long-term follow-up protocol of such disorders for the purposes of maintaining a group of patients on which LCIM investigators draw for our other various protocols. Also, this protocol may serve as a start point to studies of syndromes or diseases not being addressed by specific protocols, and therefore, can be used to evaluate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions when appropriate in order to try to understand further the disease before embarking in a specific protocol. It is anticipated that the patients will receive a degree of clinical evaluation, care and monitoring more extensive that that generally available and that specimens collected from them can sometimes be used for laboratory studies related to inflammatory conditions.
3,536 studies on the registry are indexed under Inflammation; 642 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 500 is above the median of 100 across 864 observational studies indexed under Inflammation.
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Compared within Inflammation, the registry's first condition term, which may not be this study's main condition. Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily. How we classify →
The criteria were revised on the registry on Sep 29, 2026. See what changed
- Inflammatory conditions associated with, but not limited, to acute and chronic infections or presumed infections, and congenital or acquired immunologic disorders@@@- If appropriate, immediate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions may be evaluated under this protocol, as a preamble to see if further investigation is warranted, what would be done under a specific protocol.
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
immediate family members of patients with inflammatory conditions may be evaluated under this protocol
Inflammatory conditions associated with, but not limited, to acute and chronic infections or presumed infections, and congenital or acquired immunologic disorders
screening of patients for other protocols
screening of patients for other protocols,
Time frame: ongoing through the study
evaluation and follow-up of interesting patients, who do not fit in our other protocols
evaluation and follow-up of interesting patients, who do not fit in our other protocols
Time frame: ongoing through the study
Started Jun 1993 (actual).
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From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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