FOreign body Reaction to bioMaterials and the Effect of Disease; inFORMED-trial
- Conditions
- lichaamsvreemde inflammatoire reactieforeign body reaction
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Body Mass Index >30 kg/m2 OR aortic aneurysm >3cm OR healthy volunteer
- > 18 years
- signed informed consent
- < 18 years
- BMI< 18kg/m2
- use of the following medication: immunosuppressive drugs, corticosteroids, chemotherapy recently.
- smokers
- Diabetes mellitus type I or II
- Patients who have a medical history like previous surgery or having a prosthesis e.g. heart valve, knee or hip replacement, mesh hernia repair, any kind of osteosynthesis material etcetera, all patients with any foreign body material should be excluded
- Patients who know or think that they might be infected with hepatitis B or C or HIV
- Patients with an autoimmune disease or chronic inflammatory disease.
- Patients who are anaemic or receiving treatment for anaemia or iron deficiency.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-M1/M2 index</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Gene expression of M1 and M2 markers<br /><br>- DNA levels as indication for the number of cells</p><br>