Long COVID mystery: study follows mild cases for a year

NCT ID NCT04813731

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This completed study followed 300 adults who had mild to moderate COVID-19 but were not hospitalized. Researchers tracked their symptoms for up to a year to see how long it took to fully recover and how lingering symptoms affected daily life. The goal was to better understand long COVID in primary care patients.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to

If successful, this study could help doctors better predict and manage long COVID in patients who had mild or moderate infections.

What could go wrong

This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It cannot prove what causes lingering symptoms or how to fix them.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

COVID-19 Signs and Symptoms

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Balan Medfam SRL

    Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  • Center for General Practice at Aalborg University

    Aalborg, Denmark

  • Centre for General Practice, Department of Family Medicine & Population Health (FAMPOP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

  • Covid-19 primary care special unit Sassuolo, Azienda Unità Sanitaria locale di Modena, Modena, Italy

    Modena, Italy

  • Département de Santé Publique, Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France

    Nice, France

  • Institut für Allgemeinmedizin Universitätsklinikum Würzburg Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D7 97080 Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

  • Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht

    Utrecht, Netherlands

  • Kärna Primary Health Care Centre

    Linköping, Sweden

  • Medical University of Lodz, Lodz

    Lodz, Poland

  • R. Lugar Center for Public Health Research

    Tbilisi, Georgia

  • School of Medicine, National University of Ireland

    Galway, Ireland

  • Wetterhälsan Primary Health Care Centre

    Jönköping, Sweden

  • the Academic Centre for General Practice (ACHG), Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium