Epigenetics, Molecular Genetics, and Biomarkers of Inflammatory Ocular Diseases

临床方案支持合同旨在获得开发，设计，解释和评估临床试验，流行病学和自然史研究的校外支持。此外，它将提供涉及眼科疾病和视觉障碍的结果研究以及一些临床前研究。重点应放在研究的设计和收集，分析和解释这些研究产生的数据，以及支持和监测患者的安全性和随访。承包商还应提供工作说明书中所述的分析和数据管理支持，用于指定的临床研究数据库、成本效益和经济分析、生活质量评估和结局研究。这将包括但不限于以下领域：医疗保险和其他医疗保健数据库的分析;现有NEI数据库的评估，如集中的NEI校内研究数据库，眼病病例对照研究，早期治疗糖尿病视网膜病变研究，Fracket Eye研究，以及校内艾滋病和葡萄膜炎数据库。 临床方案的目的： 这项研究将确定与视网膜（眼睛后部的膜，将视觉信号传递给大脑）炎症或变性相关的基因。据认为，许多视网膜疾病是由于免疫系统的改变，并基于人的基因功能和沟通。

Clinical Protocol support contract designed to attain extramural support for developing, designing, interpreting, and evaluating clinical trials, epidemiologic and natural history studies. In addition, it will provide for outcomes research involving eye diseases and visual disorders and some preclinical studies. The focus shall be on the design of studies and the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data emanating from these studies, as well as support, and monitoring patient safety and follow-up. Contractor shall also provide analytical and data management support, as described in the work statement, for specified clinical research data bases, cost-effectiveness and economic analyses, quality of life assessment and outcomes research. This will include, but not be limited to, the following areas: analysis of Medicare and other health care databases; evaluation of existing NEI databases such as, centralized NEI Intramural Research database, the Eye Disease Case Control Study, Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study, Framingham Eye Study, and intramural AIDS and uveitis databases. Objective of Clinical Protocol: This study will identify genes that are associated with inflammation or degeneration of the retina (membrane lining the back of the eye that relays vision signals to the brain). It is thought that many retinal conditions are due to an altered immune system and are based on how the person's genes function and communicate.