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Medium and Long Term Follow-up of COVID-19 Infected Patients: Research and Characterization of Pulmonary Sequelae

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Sars-CoV2
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Pulmonary function testing
Registration Number
NCT04519320
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Brief Summary

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of atypical emerging pneumonia. The clinical spectrum varies from an asymptomatic or mild illness to a serious illness with a high risk of mortality. The most severely affected patients (5%) present an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring assistance with mechanical ventilation in intensive care.

In 2003, persistent lung damage was observed in a third of patients in a Singaporean cohort one year after SARS-CoV infection. A Chinese study showed that 27.3% of their SARS-CoV patients presented a decreased carbon monoxide diffusion (DLCO) and 21.5% of pulmonary fibrosis lesions.

Due to the very recent emergence of SARS-CoV-2, no data is currently available of long-term outcome of these patients. However, recent publications including short-term CT monitoring suggest the genesis of fibrotic pulmonary parenchymal sequelae.

In view of these data, the investigators can fear the occurrence of pulmonary sequelae in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. It is therefore essential to evaluate the evolution of the respiratory status of the most severe patients who have had a stay in intensive care with respiratory assistance.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient infected by SARS-CoV-2 (diagnosed by RT-PCR and / or typical CT imaging)
  • Patient hospitalized in the intensive care units of Besançon or Dijon hospitals for severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia
  • Postmenopausal woman for at least 24 months or surgically sterilized, or, for woman of childbearing age, use of an effective method of contraception
  • Signature of informed consent to participate indicating that the subject has understood the purpose and the procedures required by the study and that he agrees to participate in the study.
  • Affiliation to a French social security system .
Exclusion Criteria
  • Chronic respiratory failure under long-term oxygen therapy
  • Known diffuse invasive pneumonia
  • Life expectancy estimated at less than one year by the doctor
  • Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
  • History of psychiatric illness, intellectual disability, lack of motivation or other conditions that may limit the understanding of informed consent
  • Subject unlikely to cooperate in the study and / or weak cooperation anticipated by the investigator
  • Subject without health insurance
  • Pregnant and / or lactating woman
  • Subject being in the exclusion period of another study or foreseen by the "national file of the volunteers".

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SARS-COV 2 PatientsPulmonary function testing-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
proportion of patients with an alteration of the capillary alveolus barrier at 12 months of follow-up, characterized by a decreased of the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) below the lower limit of normal12 months after the first symptoms of SARS-COV-2

DLCO

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Besançon

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Besançon, Franche-Comté, France

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