Could your voice reveal chronic fatigue syndrome? mayo clinic launches study
NCT ID NCT07551999
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app that analyzes voice patterns can help diagnose and monitor myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Researchers will compare voice samples from 40 people with ME/CFS and those without to find unique voice signatures. The goal is to create a simple, remote tool to screen for the condition and track its severity over time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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.
Who is studied
Participants will be recruited from the Mayo Clinic Division of General Internal Medicine which includes the Fibromyalgia \& Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Clinic, Post-COVID Care Clinic, and Consultative Medicine Clinic.
- 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: * Diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) verified by an ME/CFS specialist. * Ability to complete study questionnaires and provide voice samples using a smartphone application. * Consistent access to a smartphone or tablet with iOS or Android operating systems, or a laptop. Exclusion Criteria: * No diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS); "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" not verified by an ME/CFS specialist. * Lack of consistent access to a smartphone or tablet with iOS or Android operating systems, or laptop. * Known dementia or other neurodegenerative disorder prominently affecting cognition or speech patterns. outside of ME/CFS * Known history of voice disorder either primary or secondary to neuromuscular or other pathology outside of ME/CFS * Known clinically significant heart failure or greater than moderate pulmonary hypertension.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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