Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Code:

NCT06177717

Conditions

Lung Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 25 - 35

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this observational study is to learn about lung structure and function in a group of 1000 healthy people aged 25 to 35. The main questions it aims to answer are whether people's bodies, environment, and general lung health are associated with:

  • the structure of the participants lungs' airways,
  • the structure of blood vessels in the participants lungs and heart, and
  • the participants lungs' ability to exchange gases.

Participants will take four different lung function tests to measure lung function, including:

  • air movement in the lungs (oscillometry)
  • lung size (slow vital capacity (SVC) and functional residual capacity (FRC)
  • gas transfer in the lungs (diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO).

Conditions

Lung Diseases

Study ID

NCT06177717

Start date

Feb 12, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Mar 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 25 - 35

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 25-35 years at the time of the baseline examination
  • Able to read and understand English or Spanish
  • Has a social security number
  • Resident (citizen or non-citizen) of the United States (US) for at least 12 months prior to examination.

Note: Individuals who are residents of the US who have temporarily spent time living outside of the US during the last 12 months (e.g., student exchange program, military posting) are eligible for participation.

  • Willing to provide contact information for at least 2 proxies who are likely to know the whereabouts and vital status of the participant

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Severe asthma, which is defined as any of the following:

  • Current (i.e. at the time of the visit) Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Step 4 or higher therapy (medium dose inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta agonist (ICS/LABA) or high dose inhaled corticosteroid \[ICS\] or add-on long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA); Medium dose = >250 fluticasone, propionate =100 fluticasone furoate, >200 beclomethasone, >400 budesonide, >220 mometasone). The investigators will accept low-dose ICS/LABA or medium dose ICS.

OR
  • 3 or more unscheduled healthcare visits (provider/urgent care/ER) for asthma in the past 12 months OR
  • One asthma hospitalization in the past 12 months
2. History of any chronic lung disease other than asthma including but not limited to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension
3. Current pregnancy
4. History of cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer
5. Diagnosed cardiovascular diseases (i.e., congenital heart disease, coronary heart disease)
6. Inability to comply with study procedures, including

  • Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent
  • Inability to perform study measurements
  • Inability to be contacted by phone (via calls and/or text messaging) or email
7. Any condition in the opinion of the physician that puts the participant at risk by participating in the study (e.g., serious respiratory illness requiring antibiotics or steroids or severe fever at the time of the study visit).
8. Institutionalization

Study Design

Enrollment

1000 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Primary outcome measure

  • Associations with airway-parenchymal dysanapsis [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
  • Associations with vascular parenchymal dysanapsis and cardiac chamber size [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
  • Associations with diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) [ Time Frame: Baseline ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

University of Alabama

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mark Dransfield, MD

University of California, Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Igor Barjaktarevic, MD

National Jewish Health

Recruiting

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80206

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Barry Make, MD

Nemours Children's Jacksonville

Recruiting

Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kathryn Blake, PharmD

Northwestern University

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Ravi Kalhan, MD

University of Kansas

Recruiting

Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66103

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mario Castro, MD, MPH

Johns Hopkins University

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21218

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Nadia Hansel, MD

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

MeiLan Han, MD

Duke University

Recruiting

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Loretta Que, MD

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Recruiting

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Wendy Moore, MD

University of Pittsburgh - Emphysema/COPD Research Center

Recruiting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Frank Sciurba, MD

University of Vermont

Recruiting

Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05446

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Charles Irvin, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Last update posted

Jul 17, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Johns Hopkins University on 2026-07-17.