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As you get older, your body doesn’t respond to infections like it once did. What used to be a simple cold that lasted a week can now become something more serious.
Because people your age can be seriously affected by a respiratory tract infection (RTI), it’s important to improve the ability to fight infections. As a result, local doctors are evaluating an investigational drug for the prevention of RTIs.
This study seeks men and women who are aged 65 years or older and have risk factors for RTI. Participants are required to attend 10 study visits at the research site in Tomball, TX, and may be compensated up to $750 for time and travel.
Participants Must:
• Either be 85 years of age or older, OR
• 65 years of age or older and have one or more of the following conditions:
○ Current smoker
○ Asthma
○ COPD
○ Chronic bronchitis
○ Type 2 diabetes mellitus
○ Chronic heart failure
○ One or more emergency room visit for RTI during the previous 12 months
• NOT suffer from an auto-immude disease such as such as rheumatoid arthritis.
• NOT suffer from ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, or bowel resection
• NOT have had recent surgeries (in the past two months).