Patient Recruitment for Studies Conducted by the NHLBI at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland

• These studies welcome inquiries from patients as well as physicians. Studies include research on diseases of the heart and blood vessels, lungs, blood cells and bone marrow, and cholesterol. Qualified patients will receive free evaluation and treatment.

ClinicalTrials.gov

• This site, maintained by the National Library of Medicine, contains approximately 5,500 clinical studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and other Federal and non-Federal entities. Patients interested in participating in any of these studies should ask their physician to contact the individuals noted in the study description.

Children and Clinical Studies

Clinical Trial/Study Web Sites

The following have developed their own Web sites:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Simple Treatment or Prevention (AAASTOP)
  
  
• ACCORD—Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes
  
  
• ALLHAT—The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment To Prevent Heart Attack Trial
  
  
• ARDSNet—Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Network
  
  
• Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers
  
  
• Framingham Heart Study
  
  
• Genetic Determinants of Pulmonary Fibrosis
  
  
• Genotype Guided Dosing of Warfarin Clinical Trial Funding Opportunity - Clinical Site RFP
  
  
• Jackson Heart Study
  
  
• HF-ACTION—Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training
  
  
• HF Network—Heart Failure Clinical Research NetworkHF Network--Heart Failure Clinical Research Network
  
  
• Pediatric Heart Network
  
  
• NETT—National Emphysema Treatment Trial
  
  
• Research in Congenital Heart Defects—Secundum Atrial Septal Defect (known as ASD), Perimembraneous Ventricular Septal, and AV Canal Defects.
  
  
• ROC—Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium
  
  
• Women's Health Initiative