Worldwide Sarcoidosis Research Study (WISE)

The aim of this study is to collect information about the clinical course and characteristics of sarcoidosis patients around the world through web-based surveys. Recruitment is directed at and driven by patients in the sarcoidosis community. This will allow the the investigators to study sarcoidosis patients across all demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic boundaries, not just patients seen at large research centers. The investigators believe this study can give investigators a broader and less biased view of sarcoidosis. The investigators would also like to collect genetic samples on this population to assess genetic variance in different phenotypes.

The information for the study would be provided through a web based survey system that can be accessed by patients or physicians of patients from any computer with Internet access. This system would collect clinical information in sufficient detail so that the phenotype of individual patients can be evaluated. Upon agreeing to participate in further research studies through the website, subjects will also have the opportunity to provide a DNA sample.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sarcoidosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2200

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Iowa
    • Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
      • University of Iowa

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Individuals diagnosed with sarcoidosis who have a computer with Internet access.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis
• Access to a computer with Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Define and characterize sarcoidosis phenotypes and methods of care	To give a broader and less biased view of sarcoidosis	Anticipated by 2017

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Alicia Gerke
• Collaborators: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Alicia K Gerke, MD, University of Iowa

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Statement on sarcoidosis. Joint Statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG) adopted by the ATS Board of Directors and by the ERS Executive Committee, February 1999. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Aug;160(2):736-55. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.2.ats4-99. No abstract available.
• Baughman RP, Teirstein AS, Judson MA, Rossman MD, Yeager H Jr, Bresnitz EA, DePalo L, Hunninghake G, Iannuzzi MC, Johns CJ, McLennan G, Moller DR, Newman LS, Rabin DL, Rose C, Rybicki B, Weinberger SE, Terrin ML, Knatterud GL, Cherniak R; Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS) research group. Clinical characteristics of patients in a case control study of sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Nov 15;164(10 Pt 1):1885-9. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.10.2104046.
• Judson MA, Thompson BW, Rabin DL, Steimel J, Knattereud GL, Lackland DT, Rose C, Rand CS, Baughman RP, Teirstein AS; ACCESS Research Group. The diagnostic pathway to sarcoidosis. Chest. 2003 Feb;123(2):406-12. doi: 10.1378/chest.123.2.406.
• Yeager H, Rossman MD, Baughman RP, Teirstein AS, Judson MA, Rabin DL, Iannuzzi MC, Rose C, Bresnitz EA, DePalo L, Hunninghakes G, Johns CJ, McLennan G, Moller DR, Newman LS, Rybicki B, Weinberger SE, Wilkins PC, Cherniack R; ACCESS Research Group. Pulmonary and psychosocial findings at enrollment in the ACCESS study. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2005 Jun;22(2):147-53.
• Rybicki BA, Major M, Popovich J Jr, Maliarik MJ, Iannuzzi MC. Racial differences in sarcoidosis incidence: a 5-year study in a health maintenance organization. Am J Epidemiol. 1997 Feb 1;145(3):234-41. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009096.
• Judson MA, Baughman RP, Thompson BW, Teirstein AS, Terrin ML, Rossman MD, Yeager H Jr, McLennan G, Bresnitz EA, DePalo L, Hunninghake G, Iannuzzi MC, Johns CJ, Moller DR, Newman LS, Rabin DL, Rose C, Rybicki BA, Weinberger SE, Knatterud GL, Cherniak R; ACCESS Research Group. Two year prognosis of sarcoidosis: the ACCESS experience. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2003 Oct;20(3):204-11.
• Aranda A, Paramo JA, Rocha E. Fibrinolytic activity in plasma after gynecological and urological surgery. Haemostasis. 1988;18(2):129-34. doi: 10.1159/000215794.
• Rabin DL, Thompson B, Brown KM, Judson MA, Huang X, Lackland DT, Knatterud GL, Yeager H Jr, Rose C, Steimel J. Sarcoidosis: social predictors of severity at presentation. Eur Respir J. 2004 Oct;24(4):601-8. doi: 10.1183/09031936.04.00070503.
• Clark RE, McKnight RC, Kissane JM, Weldon CS. Experimentally reversed pulmonary blood flow. Implications for the surgical management of complex forms of congenital heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 1975 Oct;20(4):433-45. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)64241-5.

Helpful Links

• Worldwide Sarcoidosis Research Study

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 31, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 1, 2012
• First Posted (Estimated): June 4, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): December 22, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 18, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Sarcoidosis; WISE; Sarcoid Study; Worldwide Sarcoidosis Research Study
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Hypersensitivity; Lymphatic Diseases; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Hypersensitivity, Delayed; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Sarcoidosis; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Investigative Techniques; Epidemiologic Methods; Data Collection; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Public Health; Environment and Public Health; Surveys and Questionnaires
• Other Study ID Numbers: 200907757; 5UL1RR024979 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No