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The Rotterdam Study (ERGO-onderzoek in Dutch)

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Ethical review
Positive opinion
Status
Recruiting
Health condition type
-
Study type
Observational non invasive

ID

NL-OMON23050

Source

Nationaal Trial Register

Brief title

RS

Health condition

Cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, otolaryngological, locomotor, and respiratory diseases

Sponsors and support

Primary sponsor :
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Source(s) of monetary or material Support :
The Rotterdam Study is supported by the Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Erasmus University Rotterdam; The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw); the Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly (RIDE); The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI); the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports; the European Commission (DG XII); and the Municipality of Rotterdam.

Intervention

Outcome measures

Primary outcome

Clinical and subclinical outcomes in the cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, otolaryngological, locomotor, and respiratory research domain

Secondary outcome

NA

Background summary

The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, otolaryngological, locomotor, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. Since 2016, the cohort is being expanded by persons aged 40 years and over.

Study objective

The Rotterdam Study studies causes of diseases in the elderly, as a response to demographic changes leading to an increase of the proportion of elderly people in most populations.

Study design

Baseline visit at the reasearch centre, consecutive follow-up visits at the research centre every four years

Intervention

None, observational cohort study

Public
PO Box 2040

Rotterdam Study Office
Department of Epidemiology.
Erasmus University Medical Center
Room Na-2818
Rotterdam 3000 CA
The Netherlands
00 31 (0)10 704 34 88
secretariat.epi@erasmusmc.nl
Scientific
PO Box 2040

Rotterdam Study Office
Department of Epidemiology.
Erasmus University Medical Center
Room Na-2818
Rotterdam 3000 CA
The Netherlands
00 31 (0)10 704 34 88
secretariat.epi@erasmusmc.nl

Inclusion criteria

Members of the public, aged 40 years and over, living in the Ommoord district in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Exclusion criteria

None

Design

Study type :
Observational non invasive
Intervention model
:
Other
Control :
N/A , unknown

Recruitment

NL
Recruitment status
:
Recruiting
Start date (anticipated) :
Enrollment :
19000
Type :
Anticipated

Positive opinion
Date :
Application type :
First submission

Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration

No registrations found.

Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register

No registrations found.

In other registers

Register ID
NTR-new NL6645
NTR-old NTR6831
Other Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of The Netherlands : 1071272-159521-PG

Summary results

Ikram, M.A., Brusselle, G.G.O., Murad, S.D., Duijn, C.M. van, Franco, O.H., Goedegebure, A., Klaver, C.C.W., Nijsten, T.E.C., Peeters, R.P., Stricker, B.H., Tiemeier, H., Uitterlinden, A.G., Vernooij, M.W., Hofman, A., 2017. The Rotterdam Study: 2018 update on objectives, design and main results. Eur J Epidemiol 1–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-017-0321-4