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Cardiovascular Health Improvement Project

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
No age limits stated
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This project collects health information, DNA, plasma (the liquid part of blood), and tissue from the aorta, the body's main artery. These are stored in a biobank, a collection for research. People with heart or blood vessel disease and healthy people can take part.

The goal of this project is to establish a biobank of clinical information, DNA, plasma, and aortic tissue samples from patients with cardiovascular disease as well as healthy controls.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • People over age 18 who can and want to give informed consent, meaning they understand and agree to join.
  • People under age 18 with a parent's permission and their own agreement, if appropriate for their age.
  • Aorta problems that may be caused by a known or suspected condition passed down in families.
  • An aortic aneurysm (a bulge in the aorta) with no known cause.
  • Unusual or new blood vessel problems in the aorta or its main branches.
  • A family history of aorta or blood vessel disease.
  • Other heart or blood vessel disease.
  • Healthy people with no signs of heart or blood vessel disease.

Who can't join

  • People who cannot or do not want to sign the consent form.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient over the age of 18 who is able/willing to give informed consent * Patients \<18 years of age with parental consent and assent (if assent is applicable for their age) * Diagnosis of: * aortic pathology potentially due to a known or suspected inherited condition * Idiopathic aortic aneurysm * Interesting of novel vascular pathology in the aorta or main branches * Family history of aortic or vascular disease * Other cardiovascular disease * Healthy controls with no apparent cardiovascular disease Exclusion Criteria: \- Not willing or able to sign the consent

Study sites (1)

MI