New care pathway aims to boost quality of life for long COVID sufferers
NCT ID NCT05787366
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a personalized health pathway for 400 people with persistent COVID-19 symptoms lasting more than 12 weeks. Participants receive nurse follow-up and can choose workshops on disease management, anxiety, and fatigue. The goal is to see if this approach improves quality of life over 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Personalized health pathway including nurse follow-up and workshops on disease management, anxiety, and fatigue
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an effective care model to improve quality of life for people with long COVID.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, non-randomized study without a control group, so results may not be conclusive or widely applicable. The intervention is complex and may not work for everyone.
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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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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 * Persons who have been infected with Covid-19. * Person with persistent clinical signs of Covid-19 for more than 12 weeks, referred by one of the partner structures of the project. The persistent signs of Covid-19 are: fatigue which can be severe, neurological disorders neurological disorders (cognitive, sensory, headaches), cardio-thoracic disorders (pain and chest tightness, tachycardia, dyspnea, cough) and disorders of smell and taste. Pain, digestive disorders and skin disorders are also common. * Person who has agreed to participate and has given informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Refused to participate in the study * Person under legal protection * Person with severe cognitive impairment
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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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Chu Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne, 42055, France
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DAC Loire
Saint-Etienne, 42100, France
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Urps Medecins Libéraux Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lyon, 69006, France
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