Development of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in Patients With Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) (CovILD)

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04416100
• Recruitment Status: Unknown
• First Posted: June 4, 2020
• Last Update Posted: December 2, 2020
• Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck
• Collaborator: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Medical University Innsbruck

Tracking Information

• First Submitted Date: May 26, 2020
• First Posted Date: June 4, 2020
• Last Update Posted Date: December 2, 2020
• Actual Study Start Date: April 29, 2020
• Estimated Primary Completion Date: April 28, 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures (submitted: June 3, 2020)

• Pattern of pulmonary abnormalities in SARS-CoV2 infected patients after 1 month [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
  Define the frequency of ILD and pulmonary vascular disease in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with a severe/prolonged Course (inhospital stay, either on the normal ward or ICU), with and without oxygen supplementation, non-invasive or invasive ventilation) at 1 month after discharge or diagnosis of COVID-19 disease by the use of HR-CT.
• Pattern of pulmonary abnormalities in SARS-CoV2 infected patients after 3 months [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
  Define the frequency of ILD and pulmonary vascular disease in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with a severe/prolonged Course (inhospital stay, either on the normal ward or ICU), with and without oxygen supplementation, non-invasive or invasive ventilation) at 3 months after discharge or diagnosis of COVID-19 disease by the use of HR-CT
• Pattern of pulmonary abnormalities in SARS-CoV2 infected patients after 6 months [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
  Define the frequency of ILD and pulmonary vascular disease in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with a severe/prolonged Course (inhospital stay, either on the normal ward or ICU), with and without oxygen supplementation, non-invasive or invasive ventilation) at 6 months after discharge or diagnosis of COVID-19 disease by the use of HR-CT

• Original Primary Outcome Measures: Same as current
• Current Secondary Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Secondary Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided

Descriptive Information

• Brief Title: Development of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in Patients With Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)
• Official Title: Development of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in Patients With Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Brief Summary

COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, currently poses a global economic, social, political and medical challenge. The virus originated in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has spread rapidly around the world. Currently, European countries, including Austria, are severely affected.The most common computed tomographic changes in acute lung injury include bilateral and subpleural milk glass opacity, consolidation in lower lobes, or both. In the intermediate phase of the infection (4-14 days after the onset of symptoms) a so-called "crazy paving" may occur. The most prominent radiological changes occur around day 10, followed by gradual resolution, which begins two weeks after the onset of symptoms.

Given the phylogenetic relationship between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, the similar clinical course in severe cases and overlapping CT patterns in the acute setting, persistent radiological and pulmonary functional changes in survivors are conceivable. It is also conceivable that a proportion of survivors will develop progressive ILD, either due to viral or ventilator-induced alveolar damage, or both.

Here, the investigators intend to investigate COVID-19 survivors through clinical examinations, functional lung examinations, HR-CT scans, and by determining the "immunofibrotic" pattern in peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) 1, 3, and 6 months after discharge.

Detailed Description

COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, currently poses a global economic, social, political and medical challenge. The virus originated in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has spread rapidly around the world. Currently, European countries, including Austria, are severely affected. In January 2020, the World Health Organisation declared a "Public Health Event of International Concern" and since 11 March 2020 COVID-19 has been classified as a pandemic. Overall mortality rates vary widely, ranging from 0.5 to 7%. These highly depend on the stringency of the tests in a particular region and the age of the patients with higher mortality rates in older people. The majority of patients show only mild symptoms with fever and/or cough, and it is even believed that there is a significant proportion of untested asymptomatic carriers that can transmit the virus to other people. 26 to 33% of in-patients have been admitted to intensive care due to a severe lung disease. Of these, 2.5 to 10% required invasive mechanical ventilation and 15 to 22% of these patients died in hospital, indicating the potential risk to public health. As a result, the current global death toll from COVID-19 already exceeds 37,000 people on 31 March 2020.

In the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak of 2003, clinical course was characterized by fever, myalgia and other systemic symptoms, which generally improved after a few days, followed by a second phase with recurrence of fever, oxygen saturation and imaging progression of pneumonia, similar to that experienced by severely affected patients in the current pandemic. Importantly, a significant number of patients infected with SARS-CoV-1 suffered acute respiratory failure (ARDS) requiring invasive ventilatory support. The pulmonary pathology of fatal SARS cases was dominated by diffuse alveolar damage (DAD), epithelial cell proliferation, an increase in macrophages in the lung and extensive consolidation, but features of bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia were also noted. In addition, survivors of severe SARS-CoV-1 infection showed significant functional and radiological changes in the lungs even 6 months after infection.

In the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the most common computed tomographic changes in acute lung injury include bilateral and subpleural milk glass opacity, consolidation in lower lobes, or both. In the intermediate phase of the infection (4-14 days after the onset of symptoms) a so-called "crazy paving" may occur. The most prominent radiological changes occur around day 10, followed by gradual resolution, which begins two weeks after the onset of symptoms.

Given the phylogenetic relationship between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, the similar clinical course in severe cases and overlapping CT patterns in the acute setting, persistent radiological and pulmonary functional changes in survivors are conceivable. It is also conceivable that a proportion of survivors will develop progressive ILD, either due to viral or ventilator-induced alveolar damage, or both.

Here, the investigators intend to investigate COVID-19 survivors through clinical examinations, functional lung examinations, HR-CT scans, and by determining the "immunofibrotic" pattern in peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) 1, 3, and 6 months after discharge.

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort; Time Perspective: Prospective
• Target Follow-Up Duration: Not Provided

Biospecimen

Retention:   Samples With DNA

Description:

Collection of peripheral blood will be done in the context of a routine blood draw in all study participants (in addition for immunofibrotic phenotyping) at our study centre at indicated time-points.

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample
• Study Population: COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital or outpatients referred to our Outpatient Department of Pneumology at the University Hospital of Innsbruck because of persistent respiratory symptoms in recovery phase will be followed up. Diagnosis of COVID-19 must have been ensured by nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs.

Condition

• Covid-19
• Pulmonary Fibrosis

Intervention

• Diagnostic Test: Pulmonary function tests
  Spirometry or plethysmography, measurement of diffusion capacity
• Diagnostic Test: Imaging
  HRCT and echocardiography as scheduled within routine clinical examinations
• Biological: Blood sampling
  Standard laboratory test as part of routine clinical examination and collection of peripheral blood for immunofibrotic phenotyping

• Study Groups/Cohorts: Not Provided

Publications *

• Nagele F, Graber M, Hirsch J, Polzl L, Sahanic S, Fiegl M, Hau D, Engler C, Lechner S, Stalder AK, Mertz KD, Haslbauer JD, Tzankov A, Grimm M, Tancevski I, Holfeld J, Gollmann-Tepekoylu C. Correlation between structural heart disease and cardiac SARS-CoV-2 manifestations. Commun Med (Lond). 2022 Nov 11;2(1):142. doi: 10.1038/s43856-022-00204-6.
• Sviridenko A, Boehm A, di Santo G, Uprimny C, Nilica B, Fritz J, Giesel FL, Haberkorn U, Sahanic S, Decristoforo C, Tancevski I, Widmann G, Loeffler-Ragg J, Virgolini I. Enhancing Clinical Diagnosis for Patients With Persistent Pulmonary Abnormalities After COVID-19 Infection: The Potential Benefit of 68 Ga-FAPI PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Dec 1;47(12):1026-1029. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004437. Epub 2022 Oct 15.
• Sonnweber T, Tymoszuk P, Sahanic S, Boehm A, Pizzini A, Luger A, Schwabl C, Nairz M, Grubwieser P, Kurz K, Koppelstatter S, Aichner M, Puchner B, Egger A, Hoermann G, Woll E, Weiss G, Widmann G, Tancevski I, Loffler-Ragg J. Investigating phenotypes of pulmonary COVID-19 recovery: A longitudinal observational prospective multicenter trial. Elife. 2022 Feb 8;11:e72500. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72500.
• Sonnweber T, Sahanic S, Pizzini A, Luger A, Schwabl C, Sonnweber B, Kurz K, Koppelstatter S, Haschka D, Petzer V, Boehm A, Aichner M, Tymoszuk P, Lener D, Theurl M, Lorsbach-Kohler A, Tancevski A, Schapfl A, Schaber M, Hilbe R, Nairz M, Puchner B, Huttenberger D, Tschurtschenthaler C, Asshoff M, Peer A, Hartig F, Bellmann R, Joannidis M, Gollmann-Tepekoylu C, Holfeld J, Feuchtner G, Egger A, Hoermann G, Schroll A, Fritsche G, Wildner S, Bellmann-Weiler R, Kirchmair R, Helbok R, Prosch H, Rieder D, Trajanoski Z, Kronenberg F, Woll E, Weiss G, Widmann G, Loffler-Ragg J, Tancevski I. Cardiopulmonary recovery after COVID-19: an observational prospective multicentre trial. Eur Respir J. 2021 Apr 29;57(4):2003481. doi: 10.1183/13993003.03481-2020. Print 2021 Apr.
• Sonnweber T, Boehm A, Sahanic S, Pizzini A, Aichner M, Sonnweber B, Kurz K, Koppelstatter S, Haschka D, Petzer V, Hilbe R, Theurl M, Lehner D, Nairz M, Puchner B, Luger A, Schwabl C, Bellmann-Weiler R, Woll E, Widmann G, Tancevski I, Judith-Loffler-Ragg, Weiss G. Persisting alterations of iron homeostasis in COVID-19 are associated with non-resolving lung pathologies and poor patients' performance: a prospective observational cohort study. Respir Res. 2020 Oct 21;21(1):276. doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01546-2.

Recruitment Information

• Recruitment Status: Unknown status
• Estimated Enrollment (submitted: June 3, 2020): 130
• Original Estimated Enrollment: Same as current
• Estimated Study Completion Date: April 28, 2022
• Estimated Primary Completion Date: April 28, 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female and male patients ≥ 18 years.
• Confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 according to the definition of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
• Signed and dated declaration of consent by the patient according to ICH-GCP Guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Female and male patients < 18 years
• Pregnancy
• Dementia
• Declaration of consent by the patient according to ICH-GCP Guidelines not signed
• Incapacitated patients

Sex/Gender

• Sexes Eligible for Study: All

• Ages: 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Contacts: Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
• Listed Location Countries: Austria

Administrative Information

• NCT Number: NCT04416100
• Other Study ID Numbers: 20200429-2255
• Has Data Monitoring Committee: Not Provided

U.S. FDA-regulated Product

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

IPD Sharing Statement

• Plan to Share IPD: No

• Current Responsible Party: Medical University Innsbruck
• Original Responsible Party: Same as current
• Current Study Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck
• Original Study Sponsor: Same as current
• Collaborators: Boehringer Ingelheim

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Ivan Tancevski, Doz. Dr.; Medical University Innsbruck, Department Internal Medicine II

• PRS Account: Medical University Innsbruck
• Verification Date: May 2020