PET scans reveal how COVID-19 affects the lungs
NCT ID NCT04841707
First seen Mar 11, 2026 · Last updated Jun 23, 2026 · Updated 13 times
Summary
This study used advanced total-body PET scans to look at how COVID-19 affects the lungs' blood-air barrier in 13 people. Researchers compared COVID-19 patients to healthy subjects and tracked changes over 4 months. The goal was to understand lung damage, not to test a treatment.
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University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
What this could mean
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What this could lead to
If successful, this could help doctors better understand how COVID-19 damages the lungs and guide future treatments.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early study with only 13 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It is observational and does not test a treatment.
Conditions
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