King’s Health Partners - Long-COVID19 biomarker study

Study code
NBR170

Lead researcher
Dr Timothy Nicholson

Study type
Participant re-contact

Institution or company
Kings College London (Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience)

Researcher type
Academic

Speciality area
Infection, COVID

Summary

This study will attempt to find a cause for long-COVID19, which is a disorder when symptoms after COVID persist for more than 3 months.

Little is known about the cause of long-COVID19 and there is currently no blood test for this condition. There are many theories as to why symptoms persist for so long in some patients including disruption of the blood vessels and immune system, which can be looked at using ‘biomarkers’ (signals detectable in the blood).

This study will collect blood and test for abnormalities which can help understand the causes of long-COVID19 and how best to treat it.