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By physician referral or invitation only

Nasal Swab to Evaluate Lung Cancer Risk

The DNA that we can test from a nasal swab, can help us determine a patient's lung cancer risk. For patients with new lung nodules found on CT scans, we are offering this nasal swab test and collecting data on how physicians use test results to help assess risk and determine treatment strategies.

Age & Gender
  • 29 years ~ 85 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Cancer (Lung)
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
By physician referral or invitation only

Delirium Tele-medicine Validation Study

We don't know whether discharging patients with active delirium (aka confusion) home is appropriate. Returning patients to their home may lead to improvement and quicker delirium resolution. Alternately, it may be harmful as delirious patients may not be able to appropriately care for themselves in the home environment or follow discharge instructions. Consequently, they may get sicker, requiring hospital readmission or worse. Currently, there is no good way to assess delirium in the home setting. This greatly limits the ability to monitor and study this vulnerable population. The ability to perform in-home delirium assessments will prove invaluable to researchers investigating the a-propriateness of discharging actively delirious patients' home versus keeping them in the hospital until resolution of their delirium. Further, it will provide a method for clinicians to perform quick, remote delirium assessments of their patients.

Age & Gender
  • 65 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Aging
  • Behavior
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
By physician referral or invitation only

Inhaler sensor study.

Assessing the ability of a sensor for inhalers to measure inhaled volume and improve inhaler technique

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 90 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
By physician referral or invitation only

Pulmonary Hypertension - Interstitial Lung Disease Registry

The PH-ILD Registry is a prospective registry aiming to characterize and capture real world data from patients with PH-ILD, for which limited data exists for this population. Data collected includes demographic characteristics, treatment patterns, and clinical outcomes to further clinical understanding of the disease as it develops over a patient's lifetime.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Blood Pressure
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
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