Long-term study of young people with ME/CFS after infection
Follows young people up to 25 with ME/CFS to study its causes and biomarkers.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Munich ME/CFS Cohort Study
Key facts
- Where
- Munich, GermanySee the site
Where in Germany
- MRI Chronic Fatigue Center for Young People (MCFC), Children's hospital, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Munic Municipal Hospital (MüK)Munich, GermanyTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Technical University of Munich
- Trial code
- NCT06005246
- Record updated
- 22 August 2023
- Original description
The Munich cohort study MUC-CFS aims at the characterization and long-term follow-up of myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in young people aged up to 25 years, as well as at the identification of pathomechanisms, biomarkers, and targets for future treatment approaches.Read full original descriptionShow less
Munich Cohort Study With Biobank for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Post-infection ME/CFS (MUC-CFS)
The Munich cohort study MUC-CFS aims at the characterization and long-term follow-up of myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in young people aged up to 25 years, as well as at the identification of pathomechanisms, biomarkers, and targets for future treatment approaches.
Inclusion: Written consent of the patient (or legal guardian for patients aged < 18 years); Age 0 - 25 (including); Documented or probable acute infectious disease at the onset of ME/CFS symptoms; Diagnosis of ME/CFS according to the IOM criteria, the CCC, the diagnostic worksheet published by P.C. Rowe et al. (2017), or the pediatric case definition published by L.A. Jason et al. (2006).
Exclusion: drug/medication abuse, major surgery within the last six months, presence of organ failure, post-stroke/craniocerebral trauma with cognitive deficits, post-intensive care syndrome, syphilis, Lyme disease, AIDS, hepatitis B/C, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjörgren's syndrome, malignancy, major depression or other severe psychiatric illness, primary sleep disorder, severe endocrine disease (e.g., hypopituitarism, adrenal insufficiency), and other conditions that might explain ME/CFS symptoms.