NIH Participation to USIDNET Registry

The purpose of this protocol is to provide a resource for clinical and laboratory research through enrollment of known immunodeficiency patients into a national registry, the US Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET). The registry data will expand NIH s and the nation s knowledge base about immune deficiency disorders and genetic mutations that lead to these disorders. Additional registrants from NIH protocols will not only increase the understanding of the molecular basis of these disorders, but also will serve to document and track the incidence and progression of complications.

Objectives and specific aims

The purpose of this proposal is to create a mechanism for depositing NIH data into USIDNET. The patient Registry is designed to obtain longitudinal data on a large number of patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases, and genetic carriers of these defects in order to:

• Learn more about the phenotypic variations seen in a large number of individual patients with the same rare molecular diagnosis.
• Determine the natural history of these genetic disorders of immunity and establish genotype-phenotype correlations.
• Learn effects of various treatment protocols used in these patients over time, including unexpected side effects that may be unique to a particular diagnostic group.
• To evaluate quality of life using standard tools and correlate these with genotype and treatment history.
• To promote collaborative research amongst interested investigators by identifying a larger pool of potential research subjects than would be available at their own institutions
• To identify patients with a specific diagnosis for potential participation in multi-institutional clinical trials designed for diagnosis or therapy or their specific disease.