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ArticleBiopreservation and biobanking2023

Insights from a Rapidly Implemented COVID-19 Biobank Using Electronic Consent and Informatics Tools.

Emily F Higgs, Blake A Flood, Athalia R Pyzer, Sherin J Rouhani, Jonathan A Trujillo, Thomas F Gajewski

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Article in Biopreservation and biobanking, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily F HiggsDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2477-8549
Blake A FloodDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Athalia R PyzerSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sherin J RouhaniSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jonathan A TrujilloSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Thomas F GajewskiDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAININGT32GM007281 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CLARK, MARCUS RAMSAY · 1985 to 2022
$32.1M
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)T32HD007009 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI NANCY B SCHWARTZ · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Developing an Oncology Workforce for the 21st Century - Renewal 01K12CA139160 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI OLOPADE, OLUFUNMILAYO F., SMITH, SONALI · 2010 to 2024
$10.6M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA139160NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007009NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biobanking during the COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges regarding patient enrollment, sample collection, and experimental analysis. This report details the ways in which we rapidly overcame those challenges to create a robust database of clinical information and patient samples while maintaining clinician and researcher safety. We developed a pipeline using REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) to coordinate electronic informed consent, sample collection, immunological assay execution, and data analysis for biobanking samples from patients with COVID-19. We then integrated immunological assay data with clinical data extracted from the electronic health record to link study parameters with clinical readouts. Of the 193 inpatients who participated in this study, 138 consented electronically and 56 provided paper consent. We collected and banked blood samples to measure circulating cytokines and chemokines, peripheral immune cell composition and activation status, anti-COVID-19 antibodies, and germline gene polymorphisms. In addition, we collected DNA and RNA from nasopharyngeal swabs to assess viral titer and microbiome composition by 16S sequencing. The rapid spread and contagious nature of COVID-19 required special considerations and innovative solutions to biobank samples quickly while protecting researchers and clinicians. Overall, this workflow and computational pipeline allowed for comprehensive immune profiling of 193 inpatients infected with COVID-19, as well as 89 outpatients, 157 patients receiving curbside COVID-19 testing, and 86 healthy controls. We describe a novel electronic framework for biobanking and analyzing patient samples during COVID-19, and present insights and strategies that can be applied more broadly to other biobank studies.

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COVID-19Biological Specimen BanksCOVID-19 TestingDatabases, FactualHumansInformed ConsentPandemicsbiobankCOVID-19electronic health recordREDCap

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PMID35771982
PMCPMC10125396
OpenAlexW4283722648

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