Biomarker Analysis in Post-COVID Patients

April 28, 2023 updated by: Laura de Boni, University Hospital, Bonn

Biomarker Analysis in COVID and Post-COVID Patients

Headache is one of the most common neurological manifestations of COVID-19. However, it is unclear whether chronic headache after the initial diagnosis, is associated with ongoing damage of the central nervous system. We investigate cpost-COVID-19 patients with persistent headache lasting longer than 3 weeks, to hospitalized acute COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms and to other non-COVID-19 disease-controls. Readout are neurologial and glial biomarkers in CSF.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Measurements of neuronal and glial markers in CSF were performed on a SIMOA analyzer (Quanterix) using the Neurology 4-Plex A (Nf-L, Tau, GFAP, UCH-L1) kit.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

48

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Bonn, Germany, 53105
        • Laura de Boni

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General population

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of COVID, Parkinson's disease, primary headache, Multiples Sclerosis, facial paralysis
  • Persistent post-COVID-19 headache after 3 months of infection
  • Post COVID-patients without persistent headache
  • must be able to perform lumbar puncture

Exclusion criteria

  • unknown history of COVID infection
  • lumbar puncture not possible

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Persistent post-COVID-19 headache
post-COVID-19 patients with persistent headache
Other: no intervention
no intervention
controls
Mild Neuro-COVID-19 patients without persistent headache and other neurological diseases
Other: no intervention
no intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Biomarker analysis in CSF
Time Frame: after 3 months of initial infection
Levels of Nf-L, Tau, GFAP, UCH-L1 in CSF
after 3 months of initial infection

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital, Bonn

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Laura de Boni, MD, DLR German Aerospace Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 26, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

April 26, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 26, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 28, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 28, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2 (Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires)

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

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