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RECOVER-ENERGIZE Platform Protocol

RECOVER-ENERGIZE: A Platform Protocol for Evaluation of Interventions for Exercise Intolerance in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Nov 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a platform protocol designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a range of interventions and settings within diverse health care systems and community settings with incorporation into clinical COVID-19 management programs and treatment plans if results achieve key study outcomes. This protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized, controlled platform trial evaluating interventions to address and improve exercise intolerance and post-exertional malaise (PEM) as manifestations of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC). The focus of this protocol is to assess interventions that can improve exercise capacity, daily activities tolerance, and quality of life in patients with PASC.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
660 (actual)
First submitted
3 May 2024
Start date
17 Jul 2024
Primary completion date
30 Oct 2025
Lead sponsor
Duke University
NCT number
NCT06404047

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 660
  • From 17 Jul 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Oct 2025
  • 42 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Known active acute SARS-CoV-2 infection ≤ 4 weeks prior to the consent.
  • Known prior diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), not related to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  • Current or recent use (within the last 14 days) of a formal program utilizing one or more of the current study intervention(s) or similar intervention(s) to treat the underlying condition, unless a washout period is permitted per Appendices.

Other illness

  • Any condition that would make the participant, in the opinion of the investigator, unsuitable for the study.

Other

  • An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
  • Participation in another interventional clinical trial.

Who the study is looking for

  • ≥ 18 years of age at the time of enrollment
  • Previous suspected, probable, or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, as defined by the Pan American Health Organization\*
    • Suspected\* or probable SARS-CoV-2 infection will only be allowed if it occurred before May 1, 2021, and will be limited to no more than 10% of the study population. Otherwise, confirmed cases are required.
    • Suspected case of SARS-CoV-2 infection - Three options, A through C:
    • A person who meets the clinical OR epidemiological criteria. Clinical criteria: Acute onset of fever AND cough (influenza-like illness) OR Acute onset of ANY THREE OR MORE of the following signs or symptoms: fever, cough, general, weakness/fatigue, headache, myalgia, sore throat, coryza, dyspnea, nausea, diarrhea, anorexia. Epidemiological criteria: Contact of a probable or confirmed case or linked to a COVID-19 cluster; or B. Acute respiratory infection with history of fever or measured fever of ≥ 38°C; and cough; with onset within the last 10 days; and who requires hospitalization; or C. With no clinical signs or symptoms, NOR meeting epidemiologic criteria with a positive professional use or self-test SARS-CoV-2 Antigen-Rapid Diagnostic Test.
    • Probable case of SARS-CoV-2 infection:
    • A patient who meets clinical criteria above AND is a contact of a probable or confirmed case or is linked to a COVID-19 cluster.
    • Confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 infection - Two options, A and B:
    • A person with a positive nucleic acid amplification test, regardless of clinical criteria OR epidemiological criteria; or B. Meeting clinical criteria AND/OR epidemiological criteria (See suspected case A above for criteria). With a positive professional use or self-test SARS- CoV-2 Antigen-Rapid Diagnostic Test.
  • Self-reported limitation to physical activity due to the presence of symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and/or PEM following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, that has persisted for at least 12 weeks and is present at the time of consent.
  • Willing, able, and agree to provide informed consent, complete questionnaires and outcome assessments, and participate in the study, including assigned intervention or control and study visits whether remote, hybrid, or in-person.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (42)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
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AlbuquerqueUnited StatesUnknown status
Grady Memorial Hospital (Emory)
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Colorado
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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BirminghamUnited StatesUnknown status
Tufts Medical Center
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Langone Health/Brooklyn Hospital
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BrooklynUnited StatesUnknown status
University of North Carolina Hospital
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Chapel HillUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Illinois at Chicago
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Rush University Medical Center
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont
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ColchesterUnited StatesUnknown status
Southwest Family Medicine Associates
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Emory Hope Clinic
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DecaturUnited StatesUnknown status
Henry Ford Hospital
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DetroitUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke University Medical Center
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
North Shore University HealthSystem/Evanston Hospital
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EvanstonUnited StatesUnknown status
Houston Methodist Hospital
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc dba Marshall Health
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HuntingtonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Kansas University Medical Center
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Kansas CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
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LebanonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Kentucky
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LexingtonUnited StatesUnknown status
Innovation Clinical Trials Inc.
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Valencia Medical and Research Center
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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MorgantownUnited StatesUnknown status
Yale New Haven Hospital
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New HavenUnited StatesUnknown status
Saint Francis Medical Center
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PeoriaUnited StatesUnknown status
Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Pittsburgh
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
Oregon Health and Science University
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PortlandUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic
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RochesterUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Utah
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Maine Health Institute of Research
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ScarboroughUnited StatesUnknown status
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
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Sioux FallsUnited StatesUnknown status
Stanford University
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StanfordUnited StatesUnknown status
Washington University School of Medicine
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St LouisUnited StatesUnknown status
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
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TorranceUnited StatesUnknown status
Banner University Medical Center - Tucson
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TucsonUnited StatesUnknown status
Cedar Valley Clinical Research
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WaterlooUnited StatesUnknown status

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