Clinical Center News
September 2017

Healthy volunteers needed for clinical trial on how the body burns energy; NIH seeking patients for new trial researching hereditary stomach cancer

Health Volunteer

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases seeks healthy Caucasian females, 18-35 years old with a BMI 18.5-25 (calculate your BMI) to participate in a research study. Doctors want to learn how the body burns energy at different temperatures. You will have an 8 to 11-day inpatient stay at the NIH Clinical Center. Compensation is provided. Study #12-DK-0097 (cohort #4).

National Cancer Institute researchers need volunteers with hereditary stomach cancer or at risk for hereditary stomach cancer for a clinical study at the NIH Clinical Center. This study investigates hereditary forms of stomach cancer and the genes that may cause them. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost. Study #17-C-0043.

For more information, call the Office of Patient Recruitment at 1-866-444-2214 (TTY 1-866-411-1010).

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