Can a 6-Week program ease long COVID? new study tests Day-Hospital care
NCT ID NCT05532904
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a 6-week personalized day-hospital program could improve quality of life for 80 people with persistent long COVID symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath, and brain fog. The program included group education, tailored exercise, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Researchers compared this to usual care (a waiting list) to see if the structured approach made a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized multidisciplinary day-hospital program (education, exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward an effective structured program to improve quality of life for people with persistent long COVID symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program is intensive and may not be widely available.
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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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80 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Jun 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.
- 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: * Having had an initial episode of symptomatic COVID-19 according to one of the following criteria: * SARS-Cov-2 PCR + * SARS-Cov-2 + antigenic test * SARS-Cov-2 + serology * Prolonged anosmia/ageusia of sudden onset * Typical chest CT scan * Still having at least one of the initial symptoms and possibly new symptoms including fatigue, dyspnea, cognitive impairment or pain beyond 4 weeks after the onset of the acute phase of the disease. * These initial and persistent symptoms are not better explained by another diagnosis not known to be related to Covid-19. * These symptoms are the cause of an alteration in quality of life and global functioning deemed significant by the patient. * Having an indication to either supervised exercise and / or cognitive behavior therapy and / or cognitive remediation Exclusion Criteria * Medical emergency requiring management not compatible with research * Neuropsychiatric disorder likely to alter cognitive functions, prior to the Covid-19 episode * Medical contraindication to exercise training such as pericarditis or progressive myocarditis * Patient under state medical assistance * Patient who does not speak French * Pregnancy in progress
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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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Hôtel Dieu Hospital
Paris, 75004, France
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