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Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Studies to Determine Whether Oxygen Sensing is Impaired in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infected Patients

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04954157

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Brief summary

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The two-part phases will each have a unique patient population, The goal in this application is to see if that carotid bodies are "offline" is correct and to determine whether a cohort of SARS-Cov-2 patients can be identified who fit this profile and would be suitable for drug treatment. The testing will require one group of subjects to hold their breaths for a short period while the investigators monitor vital signs and blood O2 levels. A second group of "healthier" COVID subjects will be asked perform a walk-test inside their rooms for six minutes while vital signs are monitored as well as blood O2 levels. If the subjects are in the healthy control group, they will perform the walk test in a designated hallway at the medical center also while there vitals are being monitored. The goal, using a mild stimulus, is to determine whether respiration increases if blood O2 saturation is decreased. If it does not, that would indicate a failure of the carotid body oxygen sensing system.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04954157
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
University of Chicago
Other
Enrollment
80 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 28, 2020
Primary completion
Apr 20, 2022
Completion
Apr 20, 2022
Last update posted
Nov 15, 2022

2020 – 2022

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60637

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