New registry tracks kidney damage in COVID-19 patients
NCT ID NCT04797091
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed registry study collected data from 500 COVID-19 patients to learn how the virus affects kidney function. Researchers aimed to identify risk factors and track outcomes. The findings may help guide future treatment and care for kidney complications in COVID-19.
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 registry could help doctors better understand how COVID-19 affects the kidneys and identify patients at higher risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It collects existing data and cannot directly improve patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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500 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2020
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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
Particularly, controls will be identified retrospectively at the same hospitals that based on matching of demographics, underlying diseases and duration of hospitalization (i.e. one control per case, both in the same hospital).
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Virology evidence of SARS-CoV-2-infection * Pathological evidence of SARS-CoV-2-infection Exclusion Criteria: * Occurrence of ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) without evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection * Acute kidney injury without evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection
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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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University Hospital of Cologne
Cologne, 50937, Germany
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