Diabetes - TrialNet Natural History Study

 TrialNet Natural History Study of the Development of Type 1 Diabetes (GAC 0109)

Protocol ID

04-100/G

Protocol Description

The specific purpose of the TrialNet Natural history Study of the Development of Type 1 Diabetes is to learn more about how type 1 diabetes occurs. Close blood relatives are at more risk for type 1 diabetes than others. Relative of people with type 1 diabetes have a 10 to 15 times greater risk for the disease than people with no family history. Because of this, we are screening only close blood relatives of people with type 1 diabestes. This includes brothers, siters, partents, children, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandchildren of people wth type of 1 diabetes. Some patients enrolled in the Natural History study may later by eligible to enter separate diabetes prevention trials sponsored by TrialNet.

Eligibility Criteria

Relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes

Primary Investigator(s)

  • Phyllis W. Speiser, MD

Contact Information

Linda Bokor, RN
(718) 470-3290
lbolor@lij.edu

Last Update

April 30, 2010
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