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Characterization of Diseases With Salivary Gland Involvement

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) · NCT02327884

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 4–100 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
1150
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 3, 2015
Record last updated
October 26, 2026

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What the study is about

Background

  • Salivary glands in and around the mouth and throat make saliva. Salivary gland disorders can affect a person s quality of life. Studying people who have a disease that affects their salivary gland(s) may teach researchers about the disorders and their genetics.

Objectives

  • To study salivary gland diseases and disorders. To collect data and samples from people with salivary gland problems and their relatives.

Eligibility

  • People more than 4 years old who have or are suspected to have a disease involving salivary glands.
  • Their relatives more than 4 years old.
  • Healthy volunteers 18 years or older.

Design

  • Participants may be screened with:
  • Medical history
  • Physical exam
  • Blood and urine tests
  • General oral and dental history and exam
  • Saliva collection
  • Eye exam and test for dry eyes
  • Health questionnaires (adults)
  • Biopsy of some minor salivary glands. A small incision will be made on the inside of the lower lip and several tiny salivary glands will be removed.
  • Participants will have 2-3 visits. These may include:
  • Repeats of some screening tests
  • Ultrasounds of some glands. Researchers will put some gel on the face, then press on it with a smooth wand.
  • Adults may have other biopsies
  • A small catheter inserted into the opening of the parotid gland duct on the inside of the cheek. A saline solution (in a syringe) will fill the duct.
  • Swishing a saltwater solution in the mouth for 10 seconds and then spitting into a cup
  • Scrapings collected from teeth, tongue, and cheeks

Conditions: Healthy Volunteer; Sjogren's Syndrome; Salivary Gland Disease

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

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  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Persons older than 4 years of age, affected with or suspected of being affected with a disease/disorder involving the salivary glands or who is a relative of a person who is affected with these diseases/disorders.

Or,

  • Persons 18 years or older with active hepatitis with or without sicca symptoms and patients undergoing immunotherapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor for oral cancer.

Specific to patients undergoing immunotherapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor for threatment of oral cancer, these patients will be seen before and after check point inhibitor therapy which will coincide with 4 weeks (+/-2 weeks) before and again immediately before (+/- 2 weeks) definitive oral cancer treatment initiation (e.g., surgical resection, etc.).

Or,

  • Healthy persons age 18 or older, who agree to have blood, urine, saliva or tissue samples collected and studied.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

  • Anyone not able to give consent/assent or parental/guardian consent
  • NIH employees who report directly to the principal investigator
  • Significant concurrent medical condition or other circumstances that may affect the participant s ability to tolerate or complete the study, such as concurrent chemotherapy or bleeding disorders.
  • Specific only to the immune checkpoint inhibitor patients, oral cancer as a serious concurrent medical condition, will not serve as an exclusion criteria.
  • Moreover, these immune checkpoint inhibitor subjects, if unable to tolerate the study procedures, such as salivary gland biopsies, saliva collections, and/or oral exams, will be excluded as determined by the Principal Investigator.
  • Additional exclusion criteria for Healthy Volunteers (HV):
  • Pregnancy
  • Sicca Symptoms
  • HIV, hepatitis B or C infection
  • Chronic medical illness, other than well-controlled hypertension or hyperlipidemia
  • Chronic use of medications, with the exception of oral contraception, hormone replacement therapy, aspirin, antihypertensives and antilipemics

Recruiting US locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, MD 20892

    Site contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR) · 800-411-1222 · ccopr@nih.gov

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Eileen M Pelayo · (301) 594-3097 · eileen.pelayo@nih.gov
  • Margaret E Beach, P.A.-C · (301) 451-3479 · margaret.beach@nih.gov
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