Louisville Cooperative Tissue Biorepository
- Conditions
- Normal and Abnormal Tissue
- Registration Number
- NCT02021916
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Louisville
- Brief Summary
To provide appropriate collection, storage, and distribution of specimens and medical data to local investigators who have approved IRB protocols for their specific research purposes.
- Detailed Description
The mission of the Louisville Cooperative Tissue Biorepository is to appropriately collect normal and abnormal tissues that are removed from the human body as a part of standard medical and surgical practice after adequate portions are secured by surgical pathologists to allow for correct diagnoses to be made. The LCTB securely stores appropriately collected human samples for research purposes and appropriately allocates these samples to local investigators for research purposes. The LCTB team appropriately documents all points in the process of obtaining informed consent, collection, storage, and allocation of tissues.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 17499
- Patients undergoing surgery for removal or normal and abnormal tissues as part of standard medical and surgical practice
- Patients with known systematic infections including septic patients with bacterial and viral infections, hepatitis, HIV, TB and other defined pathogens will not be included.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Collect normal and abnormal tissues that are removed from the human body as a part of standard surgical practice after adequate portions are secured by surgical pathologists to allow for correct diagnoses to be made. 15 Years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Louisville
🇺🇸Louisville, Kentucky, United States