SELECT Specimen Bank
Is A Valuable Research Tool

SELECT participants continue to make important contributions to research. At the beginning of the trial, participants were asked to submit a blood sample and 84% had a usable specimen submitted. Additionally, over 60% of men submitted at least one additional blood sample during the course of the study. These samples are stored in a state-of the art facility identified only by a unique sample number which can only be linked to the clinical data at the Statistical Center.

Toenail samples were also collected at baseline from 89.5% of the men and these are stored at the same facility. Researchers may apply for access to these blood and/or toenail specimens by submitting a proposal for review by a panel of experts. To date, seven projects have been approved to study ways of preventing prostate cancer, diabetes and other diseases.

You can read more about the way that specimens are being used by clicking here.

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If you are a study participant and you want to know what study supplements you were taking, please contact us.

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This page was last updated on 04/10/2012.