C-TASC Projects

Current Studies

Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS): Cohort Study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases,  the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development  and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Cardiovascular Status of HAART in Exposed Infants and Children (CHAART): Cohort Study sponsored by the University of Miami and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

HAART Associated Cardiotoxicity in HIV-Infected Children (CHAART II): Cohort Study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS): Longitudinal Study sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC): Observational Data/Tissue Collection Study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Pediatric Hydroxyurea Phase III Clinical Trial (BABY HUG): Randomized Clinical Trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Pediatric Hydroxyurea Phase III Clinical Trial (BABY HUG) Follow up study: Longitudinal study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Lung/HIV: Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Lung Infections and Complications - Recent award by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for collaborative efforts in ongoing and new studies focused on lung disease in HIV positive patients.

Past Studies of Note

Randomized Clinical Trial on the Management of Early Pregnancy Failure (MEPF): Randomized Clinical Trial sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

The Raynaud's Treatment Study (RTS): Phase III Clinical Trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS): Case/Control Study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

Rhode Island Cardiac Services Registry (CSR): Registry sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Health 

GBMC Hysterectomy Study (GHS): Cohort Study sponsored by the Greater Baltimore Medical Center 

Once Daily Aminoglycoside Trial (ODACT): Randomized, controlled, double-blind trial sponsored by the University of California - San Francisco and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

LUPUS Plasmapheresis Study Group (LPSG): Registry sponsored by Biometrisches Zentrum for Therapiestudien GmbH, Munich, Germany