Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:14 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:14 AM
NCT ID:
NCT03012958
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
For the deployer group:
* presence of respiratory symptoms (cough, chest tightness, wheezing, shortness of breath or decreased exercise tolerance) following deployment
* history of deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation New Dawn for greater than or equal to 6 weeks as either military personnel or a civilian contractor
* prior VATS biopsy-proven histologic abnormalities of small airways disease.
For the control group:
* no history of pre-existing lung disease
* no respiratory illness in the four weeks preceding enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
For the deployer group:
* If on clinical evaluation they were found to have asthma, vocal cord dysfunction or other explanations for their respiratory symptoms and did not need to undergo surgical lung biopsy for diagnosis.
* unable to provide informed consent
* pregnant subjects
For the control group:
* pre-existing lung disease
* unable to provide informed consent
* pregnant subjects
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03012958
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03012958