Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Cohort Study (RURAL) Heart and Lung Study
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) will serve as the site for the RURAL Study Coordinating Center, led by PI Vasan Ramachandran, MD. The primary function of the Study Coordinating Center (SCC) is to serve as an administrative liaison between all of the RURAL study's cores. The SCC schedules, facilitates, and hosts, all RURAL meetings including preparation for Observational Study Monitoring Board (OSMB) meetings, and maintains direct communication with the study's program officers at NHLBI. The SCC monitors the overall progress of RURAL and keeps all RURAL cores abreast of study updates through meetings, emails, newsletters. It also maintains the official RURAL website and serves as an administrator for investigators seeking to collaborate with RURAL through the submission of Ancillary Studies. The SCC will have no direct interaction with any participants, nor will it have access to identifiable data.
Conditions:
🦠 Rural Health 🦠 Pulmonary Disease 🦠 Heart Diseases
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 15 January 2021
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) April 2025
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) April 2025
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 4600
🔬 Study Type OBSERVATIONAL
📊 Phase N/A
Locations:
📍 Birmingham, Alabama, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • * Be a resident of specific counties in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi
    • * Have resided in the specific county for the past two years and plan to reside at the residence for the next two years
    • * Speak English or Spanish

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • * Currently incarcerated or institutionalized
    • * Currently in hospice care with a terminal illness and less than 6 month life expectancy
    • * Being actively treated for cancer
Ages Eligible for Study: 25 Years to 64 Years (ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 9 August 2021
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 9 August 2021
  • First Posted 16 August 2021

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 26 March 2024
  • Last Update Posted 28 March 2024
  • Last Verified March 2024