Status:
COMPLETED
Scientific Protocol for the Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Disease in Belarus Following the Chernobyl Accident
Lead Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Thyroid Cancer
Non-Cancer Thyroid Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-51 years
Brief Summary
Iodine-131(131I) and other radioisotopes of Iodine are contained in fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests and are among the radionuclides most likely to be released in a nuclear reactor accid...
Detailed Description
The nuclear power plant accident at Chornobyl released large quantities of Iodine-131 and other radioisotopes of iodine into the atmosphere, contaminating thousands of square kilometers and exposing m...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- We will include about 3,000 individuals born in Belarus from April, 26, 1986 through March, 31, 1987 who were exposed to internal and external sources of ionizing radiation during prenatal and early postnatal periods due to the Chernobyl fallout.
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- For the purpose of individual dose reconstruction we need to establish child-mother pair for each cohort member and conduct personal dosimetric interview with child s mother. We anticipate that some of the eligible subjects will be deceased at the time of the cohort construction. Deceased subjects will not be included in the cohort. Excluded from the interview study and the subsequent follow-up study will be those who are deceased, cannot be located, refuse to participate in the study, or do not provide informed consent.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 21 1994
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 11 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
19456 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00339716
Start Date
March 21 1994
End Date
March 11 2020
Last Update
March 16 2020
Active Locations (2)
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1
Republican Resear ch Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology
Homyel, Belarus
2
Ministry of Health Republic of Belarus
Minsk, Belarus