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RECOVER-ENERGIZE Platform Protocol_Appendix B (Structured Pacing (PEM))

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 6 Oct 2026

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
300 (actual)
First submitted
3 May 2024
Start date
17 Jul 2024
Primary completion date
18 Aug 2025
Lead sponsor
Duke University
NCT number
NCT06404073

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 300
  • From 17 Jul 2024 to the primary completion date, 18 Aug 2025
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Criteria the registry did not label

  • See NCT06404047 for RECOVER-ENERGIZE: Platform Protocol level inclusion and exclusion criteria which applies to this appendix
    • Additional Appendix B (Structured Pacing (PEM)) Level Inclusion Criteria:
  • Participant identifies new PEM following a SARS-CoV-2 infection that has persisted for at least 12 weeks and is still present at the time of consent
  • Score of 2 or greater for both frequency and severity for any of the first 5 questions on the Screening mDSQ-PEM AND Answer of YES to either item 7 or 8 on Screening mDSQ-PEM, and response of \>14 h in item 9.
    • or Score of 3 or greater on any severity question(regardless) and answer of YES to either item 7 or 8 on the Screening mDSQ-PEM, and response of \>14h in item 9.
    • Additional Appendix B (Structured Pacing (PEM)) Level Exclusion Criteria:
  • Inability to attend in-person screening visit or participate in weekly visits (in-person \[≥ 1\] and remote)
  • Participant was previously enrolled in Appendix A of this protocol and has NOT completed the full study follow-up period of Appendix A

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status

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