NCT06992414Not yet recruiting
Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Creatine Supplementation for Long COVID-19
Exploring Creatine Supplementation for Improved Exercise Capacity and Reduced Fatigue in Long COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 May 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Individuals living with Long COVID often experiencing a degree of undue fatigue after physical or cognitive exertion secondary to the condition, timed post-exertional malaise 9PEM). This trial aims to explore the efficacy of creatine monohydrate in managing PEM
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 24 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 May 2025
- Start date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Calgary
- Diseases
- Long COVID and ME/CFS
- NCT number
- NCT06992414
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 24
- From 2 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2026
- No sites listed in no 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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Other illness
- Allergy or intolerance to creatine monohydrate or maltodextrin
- orthopaedic injury or condition that would prevent exercise testing
- change in medication related to Long COVID symptom management in the past month.
Other
- Supplemented with creatine in the past eight weeks
Who the study is looking for
- Experiencing symptoms at least 3 months after a COVID-19 diagnosis confirmed by positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test
- Experiencing post-exertional malaise, as per the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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