Project description:<p>The VISP trial (PI Jim Toole, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine) was a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial that enrolled patients aged 35 or older with Hcy levels above the 25th percentile at screening and a non-disabling cerebral infarction (NDCI) within 120 days of randomization [Toole, 2002]. The trial was designed to determine if daily intake of a multivitamin tablet with high dose folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 reduced recurrent cerebral infarction (primary endpoint), and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) or mortality (secondary endpoints). Subjects were randomly assigned to receive daily doses of the high-dose formulation (n=1,827), containing 25mg pyridoxine (B6), 0.4mg cobalamin (B12), and 2.5mg folic acid; or the low-dose formulation (n=1,853), containing 200mcg pyridoxine, 6mcg cobalamin and 20mcg folic acid. Enrollment in VISP began in August 1997, and was completed in December 2001, with 3,680 participants enrolled.</p> <p>Within the trial, 2,164 participants from 46 clinic sites provided DNA and agreed for it to be shared for use in a genetic subset study of VISP. This study is part of the Genomics and Randomized Trials Network (GARNET, <a href="http://www.garnetstudy.org" target="_blank">http://www.garnetstudy.org</a>) funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The overarching goal is to identify novel genetic factors that contribute to stroke through large-scale genome-wide association studies of treatment response in randomized clinical trials. Genotyping was performed at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR). Data cleaning and harmonization were performed at the GARNET Coordinating Center at the University of Washington.</p> <p>The data of the VISP trial have been released to dbGaP users in several segments:</p> <p>Version 1 (phs000343.v1.p1), consisted of n=4 phenotype datasets, and all raw, cleaned and imputed genotype data.</p> <p>Version 2 (phs000343.v2.p1) included n=14 additional phenotype datasets (plus pedigree, consent, and sample-mapping data), and increased the available data to a total of n=970 phenotype variables.</p> <p><b>Version 3</b> (phs000343.v3.p1), the current release, includes all n=36 phenotype datasets (plus pedigree, consent, and sample-mapping data), and increases the available data to a total of n=1918 phenotype variables.</p> <p>Toole, J. F. (2002). Vitamin intervention for stroke prevention. J Neurol Sci, 203-204, 121-4. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12417369" target="_blank">12417369</a>.</p>
Project description:<p>The VISP trial (PI Jim Toole, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine) was a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial that enrolled patients aged 35 or older with Hcy levels above the 25th percentile at screening and a non-disabling cerebral infarction (NDCI) within 120 days of randomization [Toole, 2002]. The trial was designed to determine if daily intake of a multivitamin tablet with high dose folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 reduced recurrent cerebral infarction (primary endpoint), and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) or mortality (secondary endpoints). Subjects were randomly assigned to receive daily doses of the high-dose formulation (n=1,827), containing 25mg pyridoxine (B6), 0.4mg cobalamin (B12), and 2.5mg folic acid; or the low-dose formulation (n=1,853), containing 200µg pyridoxine, 6 µg cobalamin and 20µg folic acid. Enrollment in VISP began in August 1997, and was completed in December 2001, with 3,680 participants enrolled.</p> <p>Within the trial, 2,164 participants from 46 clinic sites provided DNA and agreed for it to be shared for use in a genetic subset study of VISP. This study is part of the Genomics and Randomized Trials Network (GARNET, <a href="http://www.garnetstudy.org" target="_blank">http://www.garnetstudy.org</a>) funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The overarching goal is to identify novel genetic factors that contribute to stroke through large-scale genome-wide association studies of treatment response in randomized clinical trials. Genotyping was performed at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR). Data cleaning and harmonization were performed at the GARNET Coordinating Center at the University of Washington.</p> <p>The data of the VISP trial will be released to dbGaP users in several segments; the current segment, version 1 (phs000343.v1.p1), consists of n=4 phenotype datasets, and all raw, cleaned and imputed genotype data.</p> <p>Toole, J. F. (2002). Vitamin intervention for stroke prevention. J Neurol Sci, 203-204, 121-4. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12417369" target="_blank">12417369</a>.</p>
Project description:This clinical trial studies the effectiveness of a web-based cancer education tool called Helping Oncology Patients Explore Genomics (HOPE-Genomics) in improving patient knowledge of personal genomic testing results and cancer and genomics in general. HOPE-Genomics is a web-based education tool that teaches cancer/leukemia patients, and patients who may be at high-risk for developing cancer, about genomic testing and provide patients with information about their own genomic test results. The HOPE-Genomics tool may improve patient’s genomic knowledge and quality of patient-centered care. In addition, it may also improve education and care quality for future patients.
Project description:Genomic studies have become one of the potential tools that could aid in the understanding disease. HIV disease progression and active TB infection have been studied using these genomic methods to interrogate host factors associated with these diseases and their progression. Prior work has focused on adult populations and limited African cohorts. The Collaborative African Genomics Network aims to fill this gap by conducting HIV and TB disease mapping studies in African children to understand how genetic variation impacts disease progression through the use of genomic technologies.