An observational study in Oral Disease and Bacterial Disease, sponsored by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 21 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-10-28.
Sponsored by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso · Observational
The prevalence of tooth decay and other oral diseases are overlooked indicators of overall public health. To improve the understanding of oral health in El Paso, the City of El Paso Health Department will work with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso to determine factors that contribute to poor oral health, and lead to cavities and periodontitis. The team will collect saliva from children and young adults to study oral infections, markers of inflammation, and other contributors to oral illnesses in Mexican-American individuals.
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658 studies on the registry are indexed under Bacterial Infections; 100 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 90 is below the median of 200 across 229 observational studies indexed under Bacterial Infections.
Browse Bacterial Infections studies →Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso is the lead sponsor of 43 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (40%) have results posted.
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Male and female patients between the ages of 10-21.
Exclusion Criteria:
Creation of saliva bio-repository
Saliva will be collected from dental patients to be stored for research
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 3 years
The study of oral bacteria
DNA of samples will be analyzed to determine if bacteria play a role in oral health
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 3 years
Plan to share: Yes — De-identified information and tissue and body fluid samples will be made available to collaborating academic institutions through material transfer agreements.
Supporting information: Study protocol
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso