Mild COVID cases mount strong immune defense, study finds
NCT ID NCT04703114
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study examined how people with mild or no COVID-19 symptoms respond to the virus. Researchers measured immune markers in the blood of 57 adults who tested positive. The goal was to understand why some people clear the virus quickly while others develop severe illness.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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57 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2021
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Adult patients * Nasopharyngeal PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 within 48 hours prior to inclusion in the study protocol, carried out in one of the participating outpatient screening centers * Symptomatic patients (nasopharyngeal screening positive due to suggestive symptoms) or asymptomatic (nasopharyngeal screening positive due to screening after contact with a positive subject) * Patients who have been informed and signed the consent * Pregnant and breastfeeding women who may be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with criteria for hospitalization at the time of diagnosis (seriousness criteria, impossibility of staying at home) * Non-consent or inability to obtain consent, * Patient with dementia or not authorized, for psychiatric reasons or intellectual failure, to receive information on the protocol and to give informed consent, * Patient under guardianship / curatorship
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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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Hôpital Cochin
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75014, France
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