Lung Function Exercise Capacity and Health-Related Quality of Life After Severe COVID-19

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • participants needed
    134
  • sponsor
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Updated on 19 February 2024
anxiety
depression
fever
pao2
FIO2
pneumonia
pulmonary function tests
respiratory distress
covid-19
SARS
chest imaging
respiratory symptom
respiratory tract infection
coronavirus infection
respiratory infection
acute respiratory distress
chest infection
fraction of inspired oxygen (fio2)
acute respiratory syndrome (sars)

Summary

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by a newly emergent coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that can progress to severe disease requiring hospitalization and oxygen support in around14% of the cases and 5% require admission in intensive care unit. The medium and long-term impact in survivors of severe COVID-19 on lung function, exercise capacity and health-related quality of life remains to be determined.

Description

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by a newly emergent coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2) that was first recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Currently, this infection reached pandemic levels causing serious diseases in 14% of cases and the potential to progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with the need for invasive ventilatory support and prolonged hospitalization in intensive care units (ICU). The overall lethality is 2% and the lethality of cases admitted to the ICU varies from 26 to 50%. The medium and long-term impact in survivors of severe COVID-19 on lung function, exercise capacity and health related quality of life (HRQoL) remains to be determined.

Aims: To evaluate the early (Visit1: 2-6 months after acute disease) and late (Visit 2: 9-15 months and Visit 3: 18-24 months) effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome on lung function, exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms and HRQoL in patients with confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Material and methods: Prospective cohort of subjects with laboratory confirmed severe COVID-19 (respiratory rate> 30 breaths/ min; severe respiratory distress; oxyhemoglobin saturation in room air 93% or pulmonary involvement> 50% in chest images). Participants will perform spirometry before and after bronchodilator, lung volumes by body plethysmography, lung diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide, respiratory system resistance by impulse oscillometry and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) after 2-6 months (Visit 1) , 9-15 months (Visit 2), and 18-24 months (Visit 3) of severe COVID-19. When abnormalities in these pulmonary function tests and/or 6MWT were detected, a cardiopulmonary exercise test will be performed. Clinical, laboratory and chest image data during the severe COVID-19 hospitalization will be obtained from medical records.

The minimum sample size was estimated as 134 participants to assess at least 5 independent factors to predict lung function, HRQoL and exercise capacity at the early assessment. Notwithstanding, the investigators plan to invite to participate all survivors of severe COVID-19 admitted in hospitals of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil).

Details
Condition Covid 19, SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Age 100years or below
Treatment Lung Function tests, Exercise capacity, Exercise physiology, Health-related quality of life, Respiratory symptoms, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and post-traumatic stress screening
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04410107
SponsorFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Last Modified on19 February 2024

Eligibility

Yes No Not Sure

Inclusion Criteria

Previous laboratory confirmation of SARS-Cov-2 infection defined as a positive result of reverse polymerase-transcriptase chain reaction test in real-time of a sample taken by nasal and/or pharyngeal swab; and
Severe pneumonia defined by the presence of fever or suspected lower respiratory infection, plus one of the following criteria: respiratory rate> 30 movements/min; severe respiratory distress; SpO293% in room air; or pulmonary infiltrates>50% on chest imaging within 24-48hrs of acute symptoms onset; and/or
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) defined according to COVID-19 operational management guide of World Health Organization and classified as mild (200 mmHg <PaO2 / FiO2 300 mmHg), moderate (100 mmHg <PaO2 / FiO2 200 mmHg) or severe (PaO2 / FiO2 100 mmHg). When the PaO2 is not available, SpO2 / FiO2 315 suggests ARDS

Exclusion Criteria

Lack of clinical stability for 2 months before inclusion (including those who remain hospitalized)
Active respiratory tract infection (of any cause); or
Any clinical condition that prevents the performance of the study procedures
Clear my responses

How to participate?

Step 1 Connect with a study center
What happens next?
  • You can expect the study team to contact you via email or phone in the next few days.
  • Sign up as volunteer  to help accelerate the development of new treatments and to get notified about similar trials.

You are contacting

Investigator Avatar

Primary Contact

site

Additional screening procedures may be conducted by the study team before you can be confirmed eligible to participate.

Learn more

If you are confirmed eligible after full screening, you will be required to understand and sign the informed consent if you decide to enroll in the study. Once enrolled you may be asked to make scheduled visits over a period of time.

Learn more

Complete your scheduled study participation activities and then you are done. You may receive summary of study results if provided by the sponsor.

Learn more

Similar trials to consider

Loading...

Browse trials for

Not finding what you're looking for?

Every year hundreds of thousands of volunteers step forward to participate in research. Sign up as a volunteer and receive email notifications when clinical trials are posted in the medical category of interest to you.

Sign up as volunteer

Study AnnotationsStudy Notes

Notes added here are public and can be viewed by anyone. Notes added here are only available to you and those who you share with.

user name

Added by • 

 • 

Private

Reply by • Private
Loading...

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Ipsa vel nobis alias. Quae eveniet velit voluptate quo doloribus maxime et dicta in sequi, corporis quod. Ea, dolor eius? Dolore, vel!

  The passcode will expire in None.
Loading...

No annotations made yet

Add a private note
  • abc Select a piece of text from the left.
  • Add notes visible only to you.
  • Send it to people through a passcode protected link.
Add a private note
  • abc Select a piece of text.
  • Add notes visible only to you.
  • Send it to people through a passcode protected link.