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| OT2HL156812 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source | |
| NHLBI Grant to RTI | Other Grant/Funding Number | RTI subcontracting with DCRI |
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| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | NIH |
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This is a platform protocol designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a range of interventions and settings within diverse health care systems and community settings with incorporation into clinical COVID-19 management programs and treatment plans if results achieve key study outcomes.
This protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized, controlled platform trial evaluating interventions to address and improve exercise intolerance and post-exertional malaise (PEM) as manifestations of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC).
The focus of this protocol is to assess interventions that can improve exercise capacity, daily activities tolerance, and quality of life in patients with PASC.
Study interventions will be added to the platform protocol as appendices. Each appendix will leverage all elements of the platform protocol, with additional elements described in the individual appendix. Study intervention appendices may be added or removed according to adaptive design and/or emerging evidence.
The platform protocol enrolls participants who meet study eligibility criteria. After completing initial screening assessments, eligible participants are assigned to one of the study intervention appendices that are actively enrolling. Participants must meet certain criteria within a specific appendix in order to be included in that appendix. Once assigned to an appendix, eligible participants are randomized to either the study intervention group or a control group.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation (Exercise Intolerance) | Experimental | Participants assigned to Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation will undergo a 12-week personalized cardiopulmonary rehabilitation intervention with a follow-up period of 3 months (total study duration of 6 months). |
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| Education | Active Comparator | Participants in this group will receive two general education sessions at the start of the intervention with weekly phone/virtual follow-ups from site study staff. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Personalized Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation | Behavioral | Participants in this group will complete 2-3 cardiopulmonary rehabilitation sessions per week, for 12 weeks, as tolerated. Rehabilitation sessions are provided by respiratory therapists, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, nurses, or others who have experience and training in either pulmonary or cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation sessions (adjusted based on the participant's baseline assessment, symptoms, and progress) last about 1 hour and include education, aerobic exercise, strength, and flexibility training. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Endurance Shuttle Walk Test (ESWT) | The ESWT consists of timed walking on a 10m course. The result is expressed as total walking time after an initial 2-minute warm-up. The ESWT is an outcome measure of exercise capacity. | Baseline, week 12 (End of Intervention (EOI)) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in physical function, as measured by the PROMIS SF-Physical Function (PROMIS-PF) | The PROMIS Short Form v2.0 - Physical Function 8b (PROMIS-PF) consists of 8 items. The PROMIS Physical Function instruments measure self-reported capability rather than actual performance of physical activities. | Baseline, week 6 (middle of intervention), week 12 (EOI) and week 24 End of Study (EOS) |
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Inclusion Criteria:
• See NCT06404047 for RECOVER-ENERGIZE: Platform Protocol level inclusion and exclusion criteria which applies to this appendix
Additional Appendix A (Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation (Exercise Intolerance)) Level Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Gary M Felker, MD | Duke Clinical Research Institute | Study Chair |
| Barry Make, MD | National Jewish Health | Study Chair |
| Lucinda Bateman, MD | Bateman Horne Center | Study Chair |
| Janna Friedly, MD, MPH | University of Washington | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| All sites listed under NCT06404047 | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 42282195 | Derived | Friedly J, Bateman L, Berdan LG, Casaburi R, Erdmann N, Felker GM, Itchon-Ramos N, Keteyian SJ, MacIntyre N, O'Brien L, Reist C, Rossiter HB, Silverstein A, Taylor E, Pike Welch H, Yanez ND, Zimmerman KO, Make B. Rationale and Design of RECOVER-ENERGIZE: A Platform Clinical Trial of Interventions for Exercise Intolerance With and Without Post-exertional Malaise in Long COVID. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Jun 3:2026.06.02.26354455. doi: 10.64898/2026.06.02.26354455. |
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| Related Info | View source |
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The summary of the results will be shared on the study website: https://recovercovid.org/
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| Type | Includes Protocol | Includes SAP | Includes ICF | Document Label | Document Date | Document Uploaded Date | Document File Name |
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| ICF | No | No | Yes | Informed Consent Form | Apr 15, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 | ICF_000.pdf |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000094024 | Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
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| D000086382 | COVID-19 |
| D011024 | Pneumonia, Viral |
| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
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| D004522 | Educational Status |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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This platform protocol is designed to allocate participants into an appropriate intervention appendix based on their symptoms of exercise intolerance. Once assigned to an appendix, eligible participants are randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either the study intervention group or a control group.
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The assessor of the primary outcome, Endurance Shuttle Walk Test (ESWT), is blinded.
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| Education | Other | Participants in this group will receive two general education sessions at the start of the intervention with weekly phone/virtual follow-ups from site study staff. |
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| Change in physical function, as measured by actigraphy | Baseline, week 6 (middle of intervention), week 12 (EOI) and week 24 End of Study (EOS) |
| Change in symptom frequency, as measured by the Modified DePaul Symptom Questionnaire - Post-Exertional Malaise (mDSQ-PEM) | Symptom frequency is rated on a 5-point Likert scale: 0 = none of the time, 1 = a little of the time, 2 = about half the time, 3 = most of the time, and 4 = all of the time. | Baseline, week 6 (middle of intervention), week 12 (EOI) and week 24 End of Study (EOS) |
| Change in symptom severity, as measured by the Modified DePaul Symptom Questionnaire - Post-Exertional Malaise (mDSQ-PEM) | Symptom severity is rated on a 5-point Likert scale: 0 = symptom not present, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, 4 = very severe. | Baseline, week 6 (middle of intervention), week 12 (EOI) and week 24 End of Study (EOS) |
| Change in symptom duration, as measured by the Modified DePaul Symptom Questionnaire - Post-Exertional Malaise (mDSQ-PEM) | Baseline, week 6 (middle of intervention), week 12 (EOI) and week 24 End of Study (EOS) |
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| Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D018352 | Coronavirus Infections |
| D003333 | Coronaviridae Infections |
| D030341 | Nidovirales Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D000094025 | Post-Infectious Disorders |
| D002908 | Chronic Disease |
| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |