National coordination of lung transplant patient data and biosamples
Lung Transplant Consortium - Data Coordinating Center
This effort collects detailed health information and repeated blood and tissue samples from people who get lung transplants to help researchers learn what affects early and long-term outcomes.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Duke University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Durham, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11382478 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
As a lung transplant patient or recipient, you would be part of a multisite effort that plans to enroll about 3,200 people across roughly 8 transplant centers and 24 clinical sites. The Duke Clinical Research Institute will run the data coordinating center while the University of Pennsylvania will manage the biorepository to store clinical data and serial biosamples. The project uses a single common protocol to gather standardized clinical information, outcomes, and repeat samples over time. The combined dataset and sample collection will create a resource for many future studies aimed at improving donor management, candidate selection, and recipient care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people being evaluated for or who have received a lung transplant at one of the consortium's participating transplant centers.
Not a fit: People without lung transplant disease, those not treated at participating centers, or those who decline to provide samples or data would not be able to participate or directly benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this resource could help identify causes of early complications and long-term problems after lung transplant and lead to better donor selection and patient care.
How similar studies have performed: Multicenter transplant registries and biobanks have previously helped find risk factors and biomarkers, so the overall approach is proven though this consortium's larger, standardized scope is newer.
Where this research is happening
Durham, United States
- Duke University — Durham, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Palmer, Scott M — Duke University
- Study coordinator: Palmer, Scott M
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.