Genetic Basis of Immunodeficiency

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age6-99
SponsorNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

About this trial

This study will examine the role of hereditary factors in different forms of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

Patients with immunodeficiencies may be eligible for this study. Candidates include:

* Patients with diminished numbers of T cells or NK cells or both, or * Patients with normal T cell and NK cell numbers but diminished T cell, B cell, or NK cell function.

Relatives of patients will also be studied.

Participants will have blood samples collected for genetic analysis in studies related to SCID at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients (index cases): 6 months of age and older

Siblings: 6 months of age and older

Non-sibling relatives (biological parent, aunt, uncle or grandparent): 18 years or older

Disqualifiers

Patients with a known diagnosis

Patients with a particular immunological phenotype that is not of interest to the research conducted under this study.

Pregnancy or lactation

Adults with current decisional impairment

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

100 Participants
are grouped into 3 trial groups