Biobank collecting samples and health information for future heart research
Collects DNA samples and health records from adults to support future heart and metabolic studies.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Where
- Birmingham, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- CARBON: UAB Cardiovascular Research Biobank
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 500 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Jan 2022
- Expected to end
- 1 Jan 2030
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 13 February 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 18 or older to join a heart and blood vessel research biobank that stores biological samples and health information for future research.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
Main reasons for not taking part
- Under 18 years old
- Employees or students of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at UAB
- Women who are pregnant or can become pregnant and do not use an acceptable method of birth control
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age more than or equal to 18
Who cannot take part
- Employees or students associated with the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at UAB will not be recruited due to their vulnerable status and susceptibility to coercion
- Age <18, at screening
- Women who are pregnant or who can become pregnant and not practicing an acceptable method of birth control
Where in United States
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, United StatesContact: Nehal Vekariya, MSTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The UAB Cardiovascular Research Biobank (CARBON) will be a resource that contains biological materials, such as DNA samples, in addition to health and personal information on a large number of people over time. It will be set up so that it can be used in the future as a resource for researchers undertaking a wide range of medical research.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- UAB Cardiovascular Research Biobank
- Plain-language title
- Biobank collecting samples and health information for future heart researchGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 13 February 2026