818 COVID-19 patients studied to uncover risk factors for severe disease
NCT ID NCT04887142
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study enrolled 818 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 to examine how genetic, inflammatory, and other blood markers relate to disease severity and death. Researchers tracked outcomes like recovery or death and analyzed risk factors using statistical models. The goal was to better understand why some patients become severely ill, which could improve future care.
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 research could help doctors better predict which COVID-19 patients are at highest risk of severe illness or death, potentially guiding more personalized care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it cannot prove cause and effect. The findings may not apply to all populations or future virus variants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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818 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2020
- Finished
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Feb 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
Adult patients of both sexes with different socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, who were hospitalized due to COVID-19. The decision on hospitalization and further treatment of patients is at the discretion of the attending physicians. All participants will be prospectively followed during their hospital stay. Patients will be included in the study if they are at least 18 years old and if they give voluntary written consent to participate. Pregnant and breastfeeding women, patients transferred from other hospitals and those who die during the first 24 hours of hospitalization will be excluded. In this study, stratification of participants according to age to those older than 65 years and younger is provided only for the purposes of statistical data processing and analyse.
- 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 age, 18 years old or more * Male or female * Hospitalization for COVID-19 after confirmation by SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test or RT-PCR * Voluntary written consent of the subject to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant and breastfeeding women * Fatal outcome during the first 24 hours of hospitalization * Inability to collect the necessary study data * Declining of the subject to voluntary participate in the study
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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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Faculty of Medical Sciences, University Clinical Center Kragujevac
Kragujevac, Srbija, 34000, Serbia
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General Hospital "Prim. dr. Abdulah Nakaš"
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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KBC Rijeka, University of Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia
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Spitali Amerikan
Tirana, Albania
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University of Montenegro, Faculty of Medicine
Podgorica, Montenegro
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