Viruses are a major health problem for the general public and at risk populations. Normally, detection of antibody titers is the gold standard for determining the effectiveness of the immune system following natural or vaccine caused immunization. However, determining the effectiveness of other parts of the immune system are less common due to the difficulties with testing. Furthermore, there is a critical need to address other therapies in case vaccination is not successful in immuncompromised populations. Exercise has been shown to increase the strength of the immune system against many types of viruses and therefore could be simple way to improve immunity against the COVID-19 virus. The aim of this research is to determine the effects of exercise on anti-viral immunity against many types of common viruses before and after vaccination. We hypothesize that exercise will enhance the anti-viral immunity before and after vaccination. Up to 30 healthy volunteers (age 18-44 years) will be recruited to participate in this study. For completion of Aim 1, three visits are needed totaling around 7 hours of the patient's time and for Aim 2, three visits are needed totaling around 4.5 hours of the patient's time. The initial visit will be for pre-screening and if deemed healthy enough to participate, an exercise test to determine the VO2 max of the participant will be conducted. The following visits will require a trained phlebotomist to insert an in-dwelling catheter and participants will undergo a 20-minute incremental exercise trial. Approximately 50mL of blood will be collected at four different timepoints: at rest, 60% VO2 max, 80% VO2 max, and 1-hr post-exercise. All four collected blood samples will be used to expand viral specific T-cells and compare IFN-γ rele

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Mar 2021

open study

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and reactogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S administered intramuscularly (IM) as a 1-dose schedule at the standard dose level in adult participants during the second and/or third trimester of pregnancy and (potentially) post-partum; to assess the humoral immune response in peripheral blood of adult participants to Ad26.COV2.S administered IM as a 1-dose schedule during the second and/or third trimester of pregnancy, 28 days after vaccination.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2021

open study

This phase I trial evaluates the side effects and best dose of GEO-CM04S1 (previously designated as COH04S1), a synthetic modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA)-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, for the prevention of COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 infection is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated the capability to spread rapidly, leading to significant impacts on healthcare systems and causing societal disruption. GEO-CM04S1 was created by placing small pieces of SARS-CoV-2 DNA (the chemical form of genes) into synthetic MVA, which may be able to induce immunity (the ability to recognize and fight against an infection) to SARS-CoV-2. The purpose of the Phase 1 study is to determine the safety and the optimal dose of the GEO-CM04S1 vaccine. The Phase 2 study is designed as a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, parallel, study to evaluate the safety profile of 2 dose levels of GEO-CM04S1 as a single booster shot to assess the immune response measured by the fold-increase in antibody against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein at day 28 post-injection among healthy adult volunteers.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2020

open study

The purpose of this study is to measure immunity to the flu vaccine over time in patients who have had COVID-19 and may have other medical conditions including obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic fatigue, or long-term COVID-19 symptoms. Adults and children (age 13 to 64) who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 as well as controls without COVID-19 will be invited to participate in this study.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Oct 2020

open study

The study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the psychological, financial, physical, and social well-being of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and survivors. AYA cancer survivors have inferior long-term survival compared to the general population, and the negative impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic may be even higher in this vulnerable group. The information gained from this study may provide an opportunity to determine the self-reported COVID-19 specific psychological distress in AYA cancer survivors, and may lead to the development of a targeted intervention to improve physical and psychosocial health for AYA cancer patients and survivors.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Jul 2020

open study

This phase I trial investigates breathing techniques and meditation for health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic. Breathing techniques and medication may help manage stress and improve lung health. The goal of this trial is to learn if breathing techniques and meditation may help to reduce stress and improve lung health in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2020

open study

After a 30-year decline, heart disease is projected to increase up to 18% by 2030. Participation rates in cardiac rehabilitation remain extremely low and hopeless individuals are less likely to participate. This innovative study has the potential to advance science, improve patient care, and improve patient outcomes by demonstrating the effectiveness of the Heart Up! program to increase physical activity and reduce hopelessness in patients with heart disease. Hopelessness is associated with a 3.4 times increased risk of mortality or nonfatal myocardial infarction in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), independent of depression. Hopelessness has been identified in 27-52% of patients with IHD and can persist for up to 12 months after hospital discharge. Hopelessness, a negative outlook and sense of helplessness toward the future, can be a temporary response to an event (state) or a habitual outlook (trait). Hopelessness is associated with decreased physical functioning and lower physical activity (PA) levels in individuals with IHD. While research has investigated strategies to increase PA among IHD patients in general, the study team is the only group to design an intervention to promote PA specifically in hopeless IHD patients. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to establish the effectiveness of our 6-week mHealth intervention (Heart Up!) to promote increased PA in hopeless patients with IHD. A total of 225 hopeless IHD patients will be enrolled from a large community teaching hospital in the Midwest. Patients will be randomized (75 per group) to one of three groups: 1) motivational social support (MSS) from a nurse, 2) MSS from a nurse with additional significant other support (SOS), or 3) attention control (AC). It is hypothesized that 1) The MSS with SOS group will have the greatest increase in average minutes of moderate to vigorous PA per day at 8 and 24 weeks as compared to the MSS only or AC groups; 2) Greater increase in minutes of moderate to vigorous PA per day will be associated with decreased state hopelessness levels from baseline to weeks 8 and 24; and 3) Increased social support and increased motivation will mediate the effects of Heart Up! on a greater increase in moderate to vigorous PA at 8 and 24 weeks. The findings from this study could transform care for IHD patients who are hopeless by promoting self-management of important PA goals that can contribute to better health outcomes.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2019

open study

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic infected and killed African Americans at higher rates than other Americans. Researchers want to understand why. Objective: This natural history study will look at how genetic, environmental, and social factors may predict or affect COVID-19 in African Americans. Information from this study will be combined with data from the GENE-FORECAST study. Eligibility: African Americans who were previously enrolled in GENE-FORECAST. Design: The study includes a telephone interview and 1 visit to the NIH clinic. Participants may engage in either one or both of these activities. The telephone interview will last 20 minutes. Participants will talk about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The clinic visit will last up to 4 hours. Participants will have a physical exam. They will have blood and urine tests. They will be tested for COVID-19. A long swab will be inserted into a nostril to get a fluid sample from the back of the nose. They will have noninvasive tests of their blood vessels. One device used is a pen-like probe placed lightly on the wrist. Another is a rubber sleeve placed around a finger while a blood pressure cuff is used on the arm. Participants will have a test to measure the electrical activity in their heart. Stickers attached to wires will be placed on their chest, arms, and legs. Participants will answer more questions about COVID-19. They will talk about their health behavior. They will talk about their family's health and the neighborhood they live in. Other questions will ask how they feel, live, work, and play.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Feb 2023

open study

Background: People with COVID-19 have varying degrees of illness. It can range from no or mild symptoms to critical illness and death. Some people with COVID-19 have long-term effects regardless of the severity of their disease initially. Researchers want to learn more to see if they can better predict where a person may fall on the illness spectrum. Objective: To follow and record symptoms of COVID-19 to see how it progresses in people and why some people stay sick longer than others. Eligibility: People ages 18-65 who received a COVID-19 positive test result in the 72 hours before their enrollment in the study. Design: Participants will complete a 30-minute baseline survey. They will answer questions about themselves and their health. Participants will get a digital wristband and temperature sensor in the mail. They will get instructions on how to set up and wear the devices. They will download a mobile application on their phone. The app will collect data from the devices. Participants will wear the wristband and sensor every day for the first month. Then they will wear the devices for a total of 40 days over the next 5 months. On the days they wear the devices, they will answer a 2-question health survey via the app. Participants will answer a 20-minute online survey about their health every 30 days. If participants are hospitalized, a family member or close friend will be asked to complete a brief 7-minute online survey about their hospital stay and treatment. Participants will be sent alerts and reminders throughout the study. Participation will last for 6 months.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Oct 2021

open study

Background: Respiratory viruses, like the flu or COVID-19, cause significant illness and death worldwide. Researchers want to collect samples from people with respiratory virus infections. The samples in this natural history study will be used in future research. Objective: To obtain samples from people with respiratory viruses to learn more about respiratory virus infections and the immune responses against them. Eligibility: People aged 3 and older who have or are suspected to have a respiratory virus infection. Design: Participants will be screened with a medical record review. Participants will give blood samples. Data from their medical records will be collected. Participants will give nose samples. A soft plastic strip will be put into each nostril for a minute. They may also give nose, mouth (back of the throat), or saliva samples using swabs. Participants may receive kits by mail to collect nose and blood samples at home. They will use soft plastic strips to collect nose samples. To collect blood, they will prick their finger and dab a few drops of blood on four plastic tips. If a participant is in the hospital, air samples may be collected in their room. Participation will last for up to 2 years. After 2 years, participants may be asked for their consent again to give new samples and new medical data.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Aug 2022

open study

This study aims to assess the effects of both acute and chronic exposures to hypoxia and hypercapnia in patients with Long COVID syndrome.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Sep 2024

open study

The primary purpose of this phase 2a study is to compare the efficacy of abrocitinib to placebo in improving severe fatigue in non-hospitalized adults with symptomatic Post-COVID Condition (PCC) (also called Long COVID). We are also interested in learning if abrocitinib is effective in improving overall health status in people suffering from severe fatigue from PCC. Eligible participants with a confirmed history of COVID19 infection who also have PCC according to the World Health Organization definition, will be randomized to receive abrocitinib at a dose of 50 mg, 100 mg, or placebo by mouth daily for 12 weeks (84 days).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2024

open study

The purpose of this study is to investigate the immunogenicity of mRNA COVID-19 variant-containing vaccine formulations against the vaccine matched variants and newly emerged variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in previously vaccinated adults.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Sep 2024

open study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of fermented foods on bacterial gut microbiome diversity of long-COVID subjects.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Sep 2024

open study

This study is to find out if the Attention Processing Training program is a potential treatment for brain fog symptoms, reported by people with Long-Covid. Also investigating the feasibility of completing this program virtually.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Mar 2024

open study

The goal of this decentralized, observational study is to enroll and observe adults in the contingent United States during the 2023-2024 flu season. The main study objectives are to create a dataset of paired wearable data, self-reported symptoms, and respiratory viral infection (RVI) from PCR testing during the 2023-2024 flu season and to develop algorithm that is able to accurately classify asymptomatic and symptomatic RVI and understand the algorithm's performance metrics.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Jan 2024

open study

The purpose of this clinical protocol is to learn about the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of new BNT162b2 RNA-based vaccine candidates targeting new variants of SARS-CoV-2 in healthy people. Substudy A: - This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of BNT162b2 (Omi XBB.1.5) given as a single 30 µg dose, - in people who are 12 years of age and older, - who previously received at least 3 doses of a US-authorized mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, with the most recent dose being an Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccine received at least 150 days before the study vaccination (Visit 1). - The study is about 6 months long for each participant. - Participants will have at least 5 visits to the clinic. - At each clinic visit a blood sample will be taken. - At least 1 nasal swab will taken. Substudy B: - This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of BNT162b2 (Omi XBB.1.5) given as a single 30 µg dose, - in people who are 12 years of age and older, - who are COVID-19 vaccine-naïve - who have had any positive SARS-CoV-2 test result >28 days before study vaccine administration. - The study is about 6 months long for each participant. - Participants will have at least 5 visits to the clinic. - At each clinic visit a blood sample will be taken. - At least 1 nasal swab will taken. Substudy C: - This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of BNT162b2 (Omi JN.1) and BNT162b2 (Omi KP.2) given as a single 30 µg dose to: - Cohort 1: people who are 18 years of age and older, who will receive BNT162b2 (Omi JN.1), and, - Cohort 2: people who are 12 years of age and older, who will receive BNT162b2 (Omi JN.1), and, - Cohort 3: people who are 18 years of age and older who will receive BNT162b2 (Omi KP.2). - Participants may have never received a COVID-19 vaccine or, may have previously received COVID-19 vaccine(s), with the most recent dose received at least 150 days before the study vaccination (Visit 1). - The study is about 6 months long for each participant. - Participants will have at least 6 visits (Cohorts 1 and 3) or at least 5 visits (Cohort 2) to the clinic. - At each clinic visit a blood sample will be taken. - At least 1 nasal swab will taken.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2023

open study

The purpose of the study is to understand the effects and safety of PF-07817883 treatment. The study wants to know how PF-07817883 treatment lowers the level of the virus that causes COVID 19. To understand that samples are collected from adult participants who have the symptoms of COVID 19 but are not hospitalized. The study is seeking for participants who: - are 18 years of age or older at the time of entering the study. - have a positive rapid antigen test within 48 hours before entering the study. Rapid antigen test is a test done to confirm the presence of a specific virus in the body. - have onset of signs or symptoms of COVID-19 within 5 days before entering the study. - have at least 1 of the specified signs or symptoms of COVID-19 present on the day of entering the study. Around 228 participants with a confirmed case of COVID 19 are planned to be taken into the study. Participants will be randomly grouped to receive PF-07817883. Three groups will receive 100, 300, 600mg of PF-07817883 and one of the groups will receive placebo (a pill that doesn't have any medicines) orally every 12 hours for 5 days. The study is going to last up to 5 weeks. This includes the initial period of selecting participants, participants receiving the medicine or the placebo and then a 4-week follow-up period after giving the participants the last medicine. The study team will monitor how each participant is doing with the study treatment during the study.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2023

open study

The purpose of this study is to collect data generated by standard clinical practice to determine the short term and long term clinical outcomes of recipients of solid organ transplantation from COVID-19 infected donors and compare it to recipients with organ transplant from COVID-19 negative donors.

Type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Start Date: Dec 2022

open study

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed healthcare delivery; arguably, the fields of obstetrics and pediatrics have experienced some of the greatest changes as they have transitioned away from their role as a medical home and into more of an urgent care model of care. Baby2Home is a digital health intervention designed to bridge the resultant gaps in obstetrics and pediatrics healthcare services for new families over the first year of life. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether, compared to usual care, Baby2Home 1) improves maternal, paternal, and infant health service utilization outcomes over the first year postpartum, 2) improves maternal and paternal patient reported outcomes, and 3) reduces racial/ethnic and income-based disparities in preventive health services utilization and parental patient reported outcomes.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2022

open study

The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn if the study medicine (called PF-07817883) is safe and how it goes in and out of the body in healthy people. PF-07817883 is for the potential treatment of COVID-19. Participants will take PF-07817883 by mouth up to 2 times a day. This study may also evaluate how much PF-07817883 gets into the body when taken as pill. We may study if people's diets can affect this study medicine. We may also examine how PF-07817883 is processed and removed by the human body. Finally, we may look into if PF-07817883 has potential to interact with midazolam.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2022

open study

The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety and effects of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for the potential treatment of COVID-19 rebound. The study is seeking participants who: - Have completed treatment with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir - Have a rebound in COVID-19 symptoms - Are SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) positive All study medications will be taken 2 times a day by mouth for 5 days. The first dose of study medication is taken at the study clinic and the rest at home. We will examine the experiences of people receiving the study medicines to those who do not. This will help us determine if the study medicines are safe and effective. People taking part will be in this study for about 24 weeks. Enrolled participants will need to visit the study clinic at least 8 times during the study.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2022

open study

The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn about the safety and effects of the study medicine (called Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir) for the possible treatment of COVID-19. Patients with COVID-19 who have more difficulty in fighting against infections have a higher chance of severe illness. Such patients may benefit from longer treatment durations compared to the standard treatment regimen. The study is seeking participants who: - Have a confirmed COVID-19 infection - Are Immunocompromised - Experience onset of signs/symptoms attributable to the current COVID-19 infection within 5 days prior to screening and ≥1 signs/symptoms attributable to COVID-19 present on the day of randomization. In addition, this study will also evaluate the efficacy and safety of a second treatment course of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in people who experience that their COVID-19 is flaring up within 14 days of having taken a 5-day treatment course of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. For this group, the study is seeking participants who: - Have a confirmed COVID-19 infection - Experience a worsening of signs/symptoms after completing an initial 5-day course of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir - The worsening of COVID-19 symptoms must occur within 14 days after completion of the initial 5-day course of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir - Are Immunocompromised - Experience onset of signs/symptoms attributable to the current COVID-19 infection within 48 hours prior to screening and ≥1 signs/symptoms attributable to COVID-19 present on the day of randomization. All participants will be taking the study medicine for either 5, 10, or 15 days. The study medication will be taken by mouth 2 times a day. Participants will take part in this study for about 24 weeks. The first dose of study medication is taken at the study site and the rest at home. Selected participants will need to visit the study site at least 10 times during the study.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2022

open study

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of intravenous (IV) IMM-BCP-01 in subjects with mild to moderate COVID-19 through Day 28. The secondary objectives of the study are to: - Determine pharmacokinetics (PK) and evaluate viral clearance after single ascending doses of IV IMM-BCP-01 in subjects with mild to moderate COVID-19 through Day 28. - Evaluate the safety and tolerability, determine PK, and evaluate viral clearance of single ascending doses of IV IMM-BCP-01 in subjects with mild to moderate COVID-19 through Week 12.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2022

open study

Recent advances have been made in prevention of the viral infection via vaccines but there is still need for effective treatment options for patients. Novel therapies need to be developed to further improve clinical outcomes. The biggest medical challenge in the response to COVID-19 is ARDS requiring hospitalization in an intensive care setting and ventilator dependence. Intravenously administered umbilical cord derived exosomes and stem cells have been reported in literature to alleviate pulmonary distress in such patients. The purpose of this study is to explore the safety and benefits of intravenous administration of WJPure and EVPure in the treatment of COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe ARDS. .

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Mar 2025

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