TRACY - French cohort of uranium cycle workers 
Head :
Samson Eric, Laboratoire d’épidémiologie des rayonnements ionisants (LEPID)
Last update : 01/01/2020 | Version : 1 | ID : 7644
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | French cohort of uranium cycle workers |
| Sign or acronym | TRACY |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | DR-2012-611 |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Cancer research Cardiology |
| Health determinants |
Occupation |
| Keywords | Cohort cancer risk through internal nuclear uranium contamination |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Samson |
| Surname | Eric |
| Address | PRP-HOM/SRBE/LEPID - BP 17 - 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses cedex |
| Phone | + 33 (0)1 58 35 83 33 |
| eric.samson@irsn.fr | |
| Unit | Laboratoire d’épidémiologie des rayonnements ionisants (LEPID) |
| Organization | IRSN (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté |
| Collaborations | |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Mixed |
| Details | Collaboration IRSN-AREVA |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | IRSN (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire) |
| Organisation status |
Public |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Study databases |
| Study databases (details) |
Cohort study |
| Database recruitment is carried out by an intermediary |
An administrative base or a register |
| Database recruitment is carried out as part of an interventional study |
No |
| Additional information regarding sample selection. | Workers identified by personnel records and by meeting inclusion criteria. |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective | To study mortality risks for workers exposed to uranium. |
| Inclusion criteria | - Men or women - statutory - employed for at least 6 months |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) |
| Population covered |
General population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
National |
| Detail of the geography area | Nuclear plants in Pierrelatte, Romans, Malvési-Narbonne and Marcoule |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 1958 |
| Date of last collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2010 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
[10 000-20 000[ individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 12700 |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Data collection completed |
| Type of data collected |
Biological data Administrative data |
| Biological data (detail) | Height, weight, BP, blood samples, radio-toxicology analysis |
| Administrative data (detail) | Identifiers, employment history |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/mortality |
| Procedures | |
| Data collection method | HR records, professional medical records. |
| Participant monitoring |
No |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | Please send and questions/requests by email |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
