"Immunomodulation in GWI (Phlebotomy)"
Purpose
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
Condition
- Gulf War Illness
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Between 18 Years and 70 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Kansas Criteria for GWI - CDC criteria for CMI
Exclusion Criteria
- Chronic medical or psychiatric disorder that may be responsible for symptoms of GWI
Study Design
- Phase
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Ecologic or Community
- Time Perspective
- Cross-Sectional
Arm Groups
Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Control | 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 |
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Gulf War Illness | 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.] |
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Recruiting Locations
Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia 20007-2197
Washington, District of Columbia 20007-2197
Contact:
James N Baraniuk, MD
James N Baraniuk, MD
More Details
- Status
- Unknown status
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Detailed Description
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.