Status:

COMPLETED

COVID-19 Neurological Disease: A Prospective Study

Lead Sponsor:

University of Liverpool

Collaborating Sponsors:

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Instituto Autoimune, Brazil

Conditions:

Diseases of the Nervous System

Other Specified Viral Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Background: Recent reports increasingly recognize neurological manifestations in COVID-19 patients. However, the full spectrum of the disease and risk factors are not well understood. Aim: To describ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cases
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Confirmed or probable new-onset acute neurological disease (according to study definitions) AND
  • Confirmed or probable COVID-19 (according to study definitions), diagnosed using tests performed no later than 5 days after presentation with neurological disease
  • Exclusion criteria (any of):
  • Age \<18 years
  • Neurological features are explained fully by a previous neurological disease
  • PCR test performed \>5 days after admission to hospital, in the absence of clinical illness meeting criteria for suspected COVID-19 (to exclude those with hospital-acquired infection).
  • Enrolled on the basis of new-onset acute neurological disease, but subsequently does not meet definition for probable or confirmed COVID-19.
  • Controls
  • Two controls with non-neurological COVID-19 will be recruited per case.
  • They will meet all of the following criteria:
  • Adults, no more than 5 years younger or older than the case.
  • Enrolled at a similar time since admission to hospital as the case, defined as: \<7 days; 7-13 days inclusive; or ≥14 days.
  • Hospitalised patients with confirmed or probable COVID-19 (according to study definitions)
  • Not meeting criteria for confirmed or probable new-onset acute neurological disease (according to study definitions).
  • Some potential controls may be reclassified as cases if they develop neurological manifestations at up to 30 days after admission to hospital.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 20 2021

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 31 2024

    Estimated Enrollment :

    1017 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04672590

    Start Date

    April 20 2021

    End Date

    December 31 2024

    Last Update

    April 22 2025

    Active Locations (5)

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    1

    FioCruz

    Recife, Brazil

    2

    National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

    Bangalore, India

    3

    Christian Medical College

    Vellore, India

    4

    Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Research Programme

    Blantyre, Malawi, PO Box 30096