Researchers will test a range of potential treatments, from melatonin to Paxlovid, to see if they relieve symptoms of long COVID.
commonly reported symptoms of long COVID
"This trial today, this launch today, is certainly a step in the right direction. It is a bit too late, and I wish it was bigger and more comprehensive, but it's certainly helping us move the ball forward," said Washington University clinical epidemiologist Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly. After RECOVER-VITAL, the RECOVER-SLEEP research, which will test a variety of interventions to improve sleep and wakefulness, is expected to formally launch"within the next couple of weeks," she said. The others will launch"in probably two to three months."
"NIH was late to start the clinical trial planning process, and then once it started in fall 2022, there was so much pressure to get these trials launched quickly that patient input was often sidelined," Lauren Stiles, president of the patient advocacy organization Dysautonomia International, told CBS News in an email.
Separately, a RECOVER-AUTONOMIC arm will examine treatments for problems in the autonomic nervous system, which controls the body's involuntary processes. Potential treatments include intravenous immune globulin, which is designed to suppress the immune system, and ivabradine, which has been used in chronic heart failure.
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