Study of the Human Skin Microbiome

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Study of the Human Skin Microbiome

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00764608
• Other study ID #: 56-RW-012
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 30, 2008
• Last updated: November 24, 2015
• Start date: June 2008
• Est. completion date: February 2009

Study information

• Verified date: November 2015
• Source: Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Numerous organisms live on and in healthy human skin. This study seeks to survey the diversity of this complex ecosystem by collecting samples from approximately 1000 individuals in order to determine the type of organisms living on their skin.

Description:

Subjects age 18 and above may be included in the study. It is the goal of the study to survey multiple skin locations of humans at multiple time points. The subjects' samples will be analyzed using DNA methods in order to identify the types of microbes present on the swabs. Other substances such as proteins, RNA, and other metabolites may also be analyzed. DNA or other molecular components of the sample will be extracted. Alternately, microbes in the sample can be cultured directly. The samples will be explored using molecular analyses. The backbone of the analyses will be shotgun metagenomic sequencing and 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing. The results of these analyses will be used to identify and describe the microbiome of the skin.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: February 2009
• Est. primary completion date: February 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects must be 18 years of age or older.

• Subjects must be able to consent for themselves.

• Must be willing to participate to a swab of the skin.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects cannot be 17 years of age or younger.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Southwest Regional Wound Care Center	Lubbock	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Southwest Regional Wound Care Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Numerous organisms live on and in healthy human skin. This study seeks to survey the diversity of this complex ecosystem by collecting samples from approximately 1000 individuals in order to determine the type of organisms living on their skin.		2 years	No