The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people from underserved and vulnerable populations such as low-income/uninsured, unhoused, and immigrant communities. These populations in the US are at a higher risk of acquiring COVID-19 because of poverty, type of occupation, greater use of public transit, living in multigenerational housing, lack of access to quality healthcare, and more. Despite greater risk of being infected and dying of COVID-19, those in disadvantaged communities are less likely to get tested. The investigators are collaborating with community partners in Cumberland County, Maine to implement a public health intervention focused on making COVID-19 testing more accessible to underserved populations. The intervention includes a one-time in-person training on how to take an at-home COVID-19 test and then provision of at-home COVID-19 testing kits to make testing more accessible. Five testing kits are provided at the time of training and then provided every two months for a year, for a total of 35 testing kits. In this study, the investigators will evaluate the impact of the at-home testing kit intervention on COVID-19 testing behavior, knowledge and attitudes. The investigators will accomplish this aim by following a community cohort, with a goal of recruiting 150 participants - 15 participants from each of our 10 population groups of interest (three groups that access different health services for low-income/uninsured, unhoused individuals, and six different immigrant groups). The investigators will administer surveys to the cohort participants every month over a 12 month period. Every month the survey will ask about testing behavior, and every other month the survey will also ask about knowledge and attitudes towards testing. In order to ensure access to COVID-19 tests, the cohort participants will be provided at-home testing kits throughout the course of the study. The primary outcome of interest is "recommended testing behavior," which is defined as taking a rapid COVID-19 test when experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or after a close contact exposure. The investigators hypothesize that knowledge about testing, favorable attitudes towards testing, and recommended testing behavior will increase as a result of participation in the study.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Apr 2022

open study

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of using a wearable brain-sensing wellness device (Muse-S) to potentially reduce stress and anxiety during Post-Covid, which is characterized by increased stress and anxiety.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2022

open study

People who inject drugs (PWID) experience disproportionate risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, yet due to stigma, fear of mistreatment, and other factors, PWID are far less likely to be vaccinated compared to other populations. In response, we propose to continue our collaboration with a prominent community based organization serving African American and Latino PWID. Our project will explore baseline hesitancy to vaccinate among PWID, identify barriers to vaccination, and then develop and evaluate messaging designed to increase COVID-19 vaccination among our target population of PWID through a clinical trial.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2022

open study

This research study is being done to find out what the longer-term physiological consequences of COVID-19 are, and to determine if exercise therapy can help improve lung function, heart function and overall fitness, and reduce symptoms in people recovering from SARS-CoV-2.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2021

open study

Background: People who get infected with COVID-19 have an unpredictable risk to worsen and die. This makes it hard to decide who can quarantine at home and who should be treated at a hospital. Researchers think the risk may be related to how a person s B and T cells respond to the virus. B and T cells are the major components of a person s immune response. B and T cells responding to the virus with a favorable pattern may lead to recovery, and this favorable pattern may be helpful to establish. If people in a vaccine trial get this same favorable pattern when responding to a vaccine, this may be a useful early signal that the vaccine will be successful. Objective: To examine how immune cells respond to COVID-19 infection. Eligibility: Adults ages 18 and older who have a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection or had COVID-19 in the past. Also, healthy donors with no suspected COVID-19 infection Design: Participants will be screened with medical record review. Participants will be tested with a research assay to determine who was infected with COVID-19 and who was not. This test will be used to understand research results, not to advise patients. Participants with active infection must be isolated, usually in a hospital. Other participants may give blood samples at NIH or at their local doctor s office or lab. Participants may give blood samples up to three times a week for a total of ten times, and may also give blood samples after starting a vaccine trial. Participants will be contacted by phone or email every 2 months for up to 2 years.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Apr 2020

open study

The VA cares for nearly one million Veterans with COPD at a cost of more than $5.5 billion annually. COPD profoundly impairs quality of life as it limits ability to work, to maintain physical exertion and to engage in social activities. Hospital-based rehab can decrease the need for inpatient and outpatient medical care and can improve exercise capacity, quality of life and, possibly, decrease mortality. Unfortunately, access to hospital-based VA rehab is insufficient and, over time, the few Veterans who attend experience progressive loss of functional gains. The investigators reason that the proposed home-based exercise program augmented by patient-tailored, RAS-enhanced music will overcome the many limitations of hospital-based rehab. Through this innovative program, the investigators expect to enhance the benefits of rehab and better maintain them over time. The easy applicability of this innovative, accessible and economical program has the potential to modify the spiraling pattern of increasing disability and reduce health-care cost and mortality in Veterans with COPD. In 2021, the investigators obtained an 'Administrative Project Modification' to the parent COPD study in which they will include patients recovering from prolonged COVID19 hospitalization. Specifically, the investigators will use the novel RAS-enhanced music exercise program developed for the parent grant in patients recovering from COVID19. The main goal of the modified proposal for COVID19 patients will be to compare the efficacy of a 12-week, home-based exercise program augmented by RAS-therapeutic music and strength training to 12-weeks usual care and strength training in patients recovering from COVID 19.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2018

open study

The goal of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and impact of using sodium citrate nasal spray as an adjunct to olfactory retraining in participants with long-term post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is sodium citrate nasal spray in addition to smell retraining feasible for participants to use in terms of participant need/desire, adherence, and adverse events? - Does sodium citrate nasal spray in addition to smell retraining further improve smell as compared to normal saline spray and smell retraining? Participants will: - Provide consent for enrollment. - Undergo smell testing via Sniffin' Sticks. - Use a nasal spray (either sodium citrate or normal saline) followed by olfactory retraining twice a day for 12 weeks. - Return for follow-up Sniffin' Sticks testing. Researchers will compare the sodium citrate group and the normal saline group to determine differences in smell improvement.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2023

open study

A new drug called azeliragon could be used to treat patients with COVID-19 or other pneumonia infections but the researchers don't know. In this study, they are learning the effects of azeliragon patients hospitalized for COVID-19 or pneumonia.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2023

open study

This study will determine the effectiveness of a vaccine communication mobile health app on parental decisions to vaccinate their children against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The hypothesis is that unvaccinated children of caregivers assigned to the Vaccine Uptake app will be more likely to achieve COVID-19 vaccine series completion than those children whose caregivers are assigned to the General Health app.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jul 2022

open study

The human immune system is designed to protect individuals from external sources of infection and internal cell mutation. It works effectively and efficiently until inflammation disturbs its functioning. Once compromised by inflammation, the immune system loses its capacity to recognize antigens and dependably defend the body against disease and illness. When COVID-19 invades humans, it causes an immune-storm (cytokine-storm) that can directly damage the organ(s), leading to death. The virus is an antigen - a trigger - but it is not the actual reason that causes organ failure and death; instead, it is the body's over immune reaction that is the cause. In attempting to protect the body, the immune system overreacts to the antigen, which includes the infected cells, which causes a cytokine-storm, and the subsequent and rapid shut down of the infected individual's organ(s)' structure, leaving the body without sufficient strength or time to fight back. When the medical herbs join the body, it can slow down the immune reaction. Medical herbs benefit the physical body; they protect the cells and organism structure and mediate the immune response, allowing the T cells to kill the virus (mutated or not) internally. Such success has been achieved by the All Natural Medicine Clinic during pre-clinical trials. This clinical study's goal is to demonstrate that the immune system can be rebuilt and retrained, using natural medicine (i.e., medical herbs), to kill the virus without causing the immune storm, and to explore the mechanism by which these medical herbs, which have been used for thousands of years for healing, achieve results.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2025

open study

A multicenter, adaptive, randomized platform trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of antithrombotic strategies in patients with COVID-19 following hospital discharge

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Feb 2021

open study

This is a phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose escalation study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of ADM03820 administered as IM injections in healthy adults for the prevention of COVID-19.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2020

open study

The primary objective is to determine the clinical efficacy of Chloroquine (CQ) in health care workers with moderate to high risk of exposure to COVID-19 in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections. Secondary endpoints will explore the efficacy of CQ in preventing any infection as defined by seroconversion to positive anti-COVID antibody status.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Apr 2020

open study

Detection of Integrin avb6 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Coronavirus Disease 2019 with [18F]FP-R01-MG-F2 with PET/CT

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2017

open study

This study looks at the safety and effectiveness of AZD7442 in treating COVID-19 in people who have been hospitalized with the infection. Participants in the study will be treated with either a AZD7442 plus current standard of care (SOC), or with placebo plus current SOC. This is ACTIV-3/TICO Treatment Trial H4.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Feb 2021

open study

The objective of this research is to use a localized mHealth intervention to boost COVID-19 testing and vaccine literacy, access, and uptake among women with CLSI

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Sep 2022

open study

The purposes of this study are to demonstrate the non-inferiority (NI) of the neutralizing antibody response to the original strain 14 days after booster vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S at the different dose levels, administered greater than or equal to (>=) 6 months after single-dose primary vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S, compared to the neutralizing antibody response to the original strain induced by single-dose primary vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S; To demonstrate the NI of the neutralizing antibody response to the leading variant of high consequence or concern 14 days after booster vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S at the 5*10^10 virus particle (vp) dose level, administered >= 6 months after single-dose primary vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S (5*10^10 vp dose level), compared to the neutralizing antibody response to the leading variant of high consequence or concern induced by single-dose primary vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S at the 5*10^10 vp dose level, if feasible; To demonstrate the NI of the neutralizing antibody response to the original strain 14 days after booster vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S at the different dose levels administered >=6 months after completing a 2-dose primary vaccination with Pfizer BNT162b2, compared to the neutralizing antibody response to the original strain induced by 2-dose primary vaccination with Pfizer BNT162b2; To demonstrate the NI of neutralizing antibody response to the leading variant of high consequence or concern 14 days after booster vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S at the 5*10^10 vp dose level, administered >= 6 months after completing a 2-dose primary vaccination with Pfizer BNT162b2, compared to the neutralizing antibody response to the leading variant of high consequence or concern induced by 2-dose primary vaccination with Pfizer BNT162b2, if feasible.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2021

open study

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Pilot, Phase 2 Exploratory study that will enroll subjects with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by laboratory testing and who are in severe or critical condition as indicated by life-support measures.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2020

open study

The study will evaluate the efficacy of Ad26.COV2.S in the prevention of molecularly confirmed moderate to severe/critical coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), as compared to placebo, in SARS-CoV-2 seronegative adults in the double-blind phase and to describe COVID-19 outcomes, safety, and immunogenicity in the different study cohorts in open-label phase.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2020

open study

Study of ANA001 in Moderate and Severe COVID-19 Patients

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2020

open study

The study will evaluate the efficacy of Ad26.COV2.S in the prevention of molecularly confirmed moderate to severe/critical COVID-19, as compared to placebo, in adult participants.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Sep 2020

open study

This protocol tests the safety and efficacy of a novel universal vaccine concept called "allo-priming" which is designed to protect elderly adults from progression of any type of viral infection, including possible protection against progression of the current outbreak of COVID-19 infection, and any future variants, strains, mutations of the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as protection from any future currently unknown newly emergent novel viruses.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jul 2021

open study

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S at 2 dose levels, administered intramuscularly (IM) as a single-dose or 2-dose schedule, with a single booster vaccination administered in one cohort in healthy adults aged greater than or equal to (>=) 18 to less than or equal to (<=) 55 years and in adults aged >= 65 years in good health with or without stable underlying conditions. The purpose of the study is also to assess the safety and reactogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S administered as ad hoc booster vaccination in healthy adults aged >= 18 to <= 55 years and in adults >= 65 years in good health with or without stable underlying conditions.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jul 2020

open study

This phase II expanded access trial will study how well tocilizumab works in reducing the serious symptoms including pneumonitis (severe acute respiratory distress) in patients with cancer and COVID-19. COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. COVID-19 can be associated with an inflammatory response by the immune system which may also cause symptoms of COVID-19 to worsen. This inflammation may be called "cytokine storm," which can cause widespread problems in the body. Tocilizumab is a medicine designed to block the action of a protein called interleukin-6 (IL-6) that is involved with the immune system and is known to be a key factor for problems with excessive inflammation. Tocilizumab is effective in treating "cytokine storm" from a type of cancer immunotherapy and may be effective in reducing the inflammatory response and "cytokine storm" seen in severe COVID-19 disease. Treating the inflammation may help to reduce symptoms, improve the ability to breathe without a breathing machine (ventilator), and prevent patients from having more complications.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2020

open study

The goal of this clinical study is to test if obeldesivir (GS-5245) is safe and effective for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in participants who have a standard risk of developing severe illness. This study will also measure how much obeldesivir gets into the blood and how long it takes for the body to get rid of it.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Feb 2023

open study