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Investigating Health Impacts of Exposure to Harmful Algal Blooms

Roskamp Institute Inc. · NCT06883227

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
400
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
October 14, 2024
Record last updated
March 24, 2025

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What the study is about

The goals of this project are to study the biological effects of environmental toxins (ET), in particular aquatic toxins such as brevetoxins (PbTx) and microcystin or their metabolites. This study is designed to examine the effects of the body from harmful algae blooms (HAB) as well as possibility of an association between exposure to the marine toxin, brevetoxin (PbTx), which is released from K. brevis during the red tide bloom, and the prevalence of neurological illnesses.

Conditions: Red Tide; Neurologic Disorder; Florida

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Subject should be able to provide written informed consent.
  • Adult aged 18 or older.
  • Resident (temporary or permanent) of one of the following five southwest Florida counties (Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Sarasota, or Manatee).
  • Any race or ethnicity.
  • Willing to return for at least a total of four study visits and participate in all required procedures for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inability to speak or write in English.
  • Any medical condition for which the study investigator believes enrollment is medically inappropriate.
  • Unwilling/unable to provide biological samples or poor venous access.

Recruiting US locations

  • The Roskamp Institute

    Sarasota, FL 34232

    Site contact: Dakota M Helgager, B.S · 9412568010 · redtide@roskampclinic.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Dakota Helgager Clinical Research Site Coordinator, Bachelor's · 9412568010 · redtide@roskampclinic.org
  • Ayse Cemek Clinical Research Coordinator, Bachelors · 9412568010 · redtide@roskampclinic.org
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