Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult

• Patients at ages 18 to 99 years old.
• Individuals diagnosed with IBD using standard clinical, endoscopic, radiological and histological criteria.
• Individuals without IBD: these individuals may include ethnically, gender and/or age matched control subjects; or environmental controls with no known personal or family history of IBD (may include eligible spouses and friends of study patients with IBD).
• Family members of individuals with IBD.
• Patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery at Mayo Clinic for IBD or non-IBD indications.
• Patients with or without IBD having lower GI endoscopic procedures for routine care at Mayo Clinic.
• Patients being seen in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department for other gastroenterology and hepatology conditions
• Venipuncture is feasible (health, access and/or tolerability) for requested blood sample(s).
• Individuals have agreed to participate and signed the study informed consent form.

Children with IBD

• Patients at ages 0 to 17 years old.
• Individuals diagnosed with IBD using standard clinical, endoscopic, radiological and histological criteria.
• Patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery at Mayo Clinic for IBD.
• Patients with IBD having lower GI endoscopic procedures for routine care at Mayo Clinic.
• Venipuncture is feasible (health, access and/or tolerability) for requested blood sample(s).
• Individuals have agreed to participate and signed the study informed consent form.

Children without IBD

• Patients at ages 0 to 17 years old.
• Individuals without IBD: these individuals may include ethnically, gender and/or age matched control subjects; or environmental controls with no known personal or family history of IBD (may include eligible spouses and friends of study patients with IBD).
• Venipuncture is feasible (health, access and/or tolerability) for requested blood sample(s).
• Individuals have agreed to participate and signed the study informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

Adults

• Individuals who do not meet study inclusion criteria.
• Individuals who have not agreed to participate and have not signed the study consent form.

Children with IBD

• Individuals who do not meet study inclusion criteria.
• Individuals who have not agreed to participate and have not signed the study consent form.

Children without IBD

• Individuals who do not meet study inclusion criteria.
• Individuals who have not agreed to participate and have not signed the study consent form.