研究COVID以增强恢复 (RECOVER) 成人研究协议:理由,目标和设计
Leora I Horwitz1, Tanayott Thaweethai2, Shari B Brosnahan3
1Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 23, 2023
概括
该RECOVER-成人研究调查长期COVID (SARS-CoV-2感染的急性后续) 在成年人中. 它旨在定义PASC的患病率,特征,风险因素和生物机制,以改善理解和治疗.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在急性感染后,SARS-CoV-2感染 (PASC) 或长期COVID的后急性连续症状呈现持续或新的症状.
- 人们对PASC的特征,患病率,发展轨迹和机制的了解仍然很少.
- 了解PASC对于开发有效的公共卫生策略和临床干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述PASC的流行情况并识别不同的表型.
- 确定PASC发病和恢复的人口,社会和临床风险因素.
- 阐明PASC病原体背后的生物学机制.
主要方法:
- 这是一项大规模的前性/后性队列研究 (RECOVER-Adult),包括14880名成年人.
- 每季度问卷,生物样本采集,以及随着时间的推移进行物理/实验室检查.
- 先进的统计方法,包括机器学习,以定义和分析PASC案例和风险因素.
主要成果:
- 该研究旨在提供美国成年人PASC的第一个国家,前性,纵向数据.
- 分析将重点关注PASC的发病,症状和解决方案.
- 确定PASC的风险因素和生物基础.
结论:
- 这项研究将在美国成年人群中建立对PASC的全面理解.
- 研究结果将为公共卫生政策提供信息,指导临床试验设计,并支持开发长期COVID的新疗法.
- 该RECOVER-成年人研究代表了减轻SARS-CoV-2感染对健康的长期影响的重要一步.
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