An observational study in Gulf War Illness, sponsored by Georgetown University. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-08-15.
Sponsored by Georgetown University · Observational
Gulf War Illness and deployed veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War are invited to have a brief history and physical examination to determine their health status, complete questionnaires, then donate about 83 ml of blood. There is no follow-up
Gulf War Illness and deployed veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War are invited to have a brief history and physical examination to determine their health status, complete questionnaires, then donate about 83 ml of blood. There is no follow-up.
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Deployed veterans
Exclusion Criteria:
Deployed to 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War Do not meet Kansas Criteria for Gulf War Illness \[Steele L. Prevalence and patterns of Gulf War illness in Kansas veterans: association of symptoms with characteristics of person, place, and time of military service. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Nov 15; 152:992-1002. PubMed PMID: 11092441.\] Good general medical and psychiatric health
Other: Draw blood (phlebotomy, 83 ml)
Deployed to 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War Meet Kansas Criteria for Gulf War Illness \[Steele L. Prevalence and patterns of Gulf War illness in Kansas veterans: association of symptoms with characteristics of person, place, and time of military service. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Nov 15; 152:992-1002. PubMed PMID: 11092441.\] plus Center for Disease Control criteria for Chronic Multisymptom Illness (CMI) \[Fukuda K, Nisenbaum R, Stewart G, Thompson WW, Robin L, Washko RM, Noah DL, Barrett DH, Randall B, Herwaldt BL, Mawle AC, Reeves WC. Chronic multisymptom illness affecting Air Force veterans of the Gulf War. JAMA. 1998 Sep 16;280(11):981-8. PubMed PMID: 9749480.\]
Other: Draw blood (phlebotomy, 83 ml)
Draw 83 ml of blood
Also known as: phlebotomy
Gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Determine mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)
Time frame: After study recruitment, phleobotomy and mRNA quantification for all participants has been completed in June 2020
Plan to share: Undecided — Cell counts and mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be available for analysis by contacting the PI
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