The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC) was established with the primary purpose of collecting lung tissue and blood samples and a secondary purpose of collecting clinical data, limited exposure data, physiologic studies, and radiographic studies from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), other related idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP) and interstitial pneumonias associated with connective tissue diseases who undergo medically-indicated lung resection. For the purpose of comparison, lung tissue and similar clinical data will be collected from control subjects who require lung resection. These control subjects will primarily come from cancer patients without poor lung function for whom non-neoplastic tissue can be collected remotely from a nodule or mass and may also come from patients enrolled with suspected interstitial lung disease (ILD) who are shown after pathological examination not to have this disease. All tissue and blood specimens and clinical data will be banked and stored for distribution to future investigators who have approved study proposals and are investigating the pathogenesis of the aforementioned lung diseases.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
268201100021C-0-0-1
Application #
8355885
Study Section
Project Start
2011-01-03
Project End
2015-01-02
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$497,595
Indirect Cost
Name
Temple University
Department
Type
DUNS #
057123192
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19122