Blood tests track COVID-19 immunity for a year
NCT ID NCT04562285
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at how well two different blood tests could detect antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers followed 829 adults who had tested positive for COVID-19, checking their blood during hospitalization and for up to 12 months afterward. The goal was to understand how long the immune response lasts and how accurately these tests measure it.
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 could improve how doctors measure immune response to COVID-19 using simple blood tests.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The tests may not accurately predict protection from future infection.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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829 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
subjects will be identified from a retrospective data review and a laboratory information system (LIS) SunQuest identification of COVID-19 positive (RT-PCR SARS CoV-2) samples or who are already participating in the TCRC collection protocol. This study will recruit subjects in which a baseline serum sample was already obtained either through standard of care procedures or through voluntary participation in the TCRC biorepository.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ≥18 years of age * Positive COVID-19 by RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 assay * Patients must have a serum sample stored by pathology or within the TCRC biorepository around the date of their COVID-19 RT-PCR positive test Exclusion Criteria: * \< 18 years of age * negative for RT-PCR * no serum sample
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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