A Case Controlled Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS)

HLB00300404a

ACCESS

ACC

False

True

True

Coded

False

Epidemiology Study

Open BioLINCC Study

Adult

2009-10-01

2009-10-01

2008-10-01

2005-12-21

June 1995 - March 2003

DLD

Lung

non-HIV

non-COVID

11211

0

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Biospecimen research is restricted to studies related to sarcoidosis. Use of data is unrestricted.

Lung Diseases
Sarcoidosis

To determine the etiology of sarcoidosis by establishing a case control, multi-center study. In addition to etiology, this study also sought to examine socioeconomic variables and the clinical course of patients with sarcoidosis, including quality of life.

Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by activation of T-lymphocytes and macrophages. For many years sarcoidosis was presumed to be an atypical manifestation of tuberculosis because of the similarity between the inflammatory responses of the two diseases. However, as culture techniques became more widely employed to diagnose tuberculosis and it became less common, it became clear that sarcoidosis was not simply a variation of tuberculosis. Data on the etiology of sarcoidosis have come from diverse sources: in clinical investigations, alveolitis has been found to precede granulomatous inflammation; in case control studies, familial aggregation has been identified; and in case reports, recurrence of granulomatous inflammation has been observed after lung transplantation. The cause may not prove to be a single, known exposure. Interactions of exposures with genetic dispositions could have important implications for our understanding of immune responses as well as the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis.

736 patients with sarcoidosis enrolled within 6 months of diagnosis from 10 clinical centers in the U.S. Using the ACCESS sarcoidosis assessment system, organ involvement was determined for the whole group and for subgroups differentiated by sex, race, and age (<40 or 40 and older). Cases were matched with a control, and there was a two-year follow-up on cases. The ACCESS group proposed an instrument fo defining organ involvement in sarcoidosis. Biological specimens included DNA, plasma, and bronchoalveolar lavage samples were obtained. The data set includes 718 cases, 686 controls, and two-year follow-up data on 241 cases.

The initial presentation of sarcoidosis is related to sex, race and age, and it tends to remain stable over two years in the majority of patients. The etiology is probably multifactoral with both genetic and environmental factors contributing.

Bronchial Lavage
DNA
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Plasma