iSpecimen Network Protocol: Collection and Distribution of Remnant and Research Use Only Biospecimens for Novel Research Uses
iSpecimen Inc
Summary
iSpecimen aims to create a clinical partner network of hospitals, laboratories, academic institutions, and other healthcare organizations ("institutions") capable of providing researchers and educators ("researchers") with annotated biospecimens for use in biomarker discovery and validation; diagnostic test and instrumentation development and validation; therapeutics development; other medical research including the impact that various specimen collection and handling methods and conditions have on research results; and in education such as researcher or physician training (collectively "research").
Description
The level of involvement for each network institution will vary based on the type of specimen to which they have access (e.g. biofluids, tissues and/or cells) and the category of collection (remnant specimens that were originally collected for clinical testing and/or specimens specifically collected for research) in accordance with the institution's elected preferences. In most cases, potential participants will be identified and approached upon presenting for clinical care or recruited specifically for the study using outreach programs. If additional screening activities are required to dete…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 0–89 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Individual is developmentally aged 7 years old and above for RUO collections (only) * Individual meets requirements of a current request for research materials from iSpecimen * If a blood collection will be performed as part of the screening process or RUO collection, the individual's health will be assessed by medical staff through medical record review, clinical exam, and/or the review of an updated medical history as provided by the participant * Individual has reviewed and signed a consent form for an RUO specimen collection if required as part of the research or if…
Locations (2)
- iSpecimenHuntsville, Alabama
- iSpecimenLexington, Massachusetts