RECOVER-SLEEP: Platform Protocol

Description

The platform protocol is designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a range of study settings and intervention types. Therefore, the platform protocol provides a general protocol structure that can be shared by multiple interventions and allows comparative analysis across the interventions. For example, objectives, measures, and endpoints are generalized in the platform protocol, but intervention-specific features are detailed in separate appendices. This platform protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized controlled platform trial evaluating potential interventions for PASC-mediated sleep disturbances. The hypothesis is that symptoms of sleep and circadian disorders that emerge in patients with PASC can be improved by phenotype-targeted interventions. Specific sleep and circadian disorders addressed in this protocol include sleep-related daytime impairment (referred to as hypersomnia) and complex PASC-related sleep disturbance (reflecting symptoms of insomnia and sleep-wake rhythm disturbance).

Conditions

Long COVID, Long COVID-19, Hypersomnia, Sleep Disturbance

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The platform protocol is designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a range of study settings and intervention types. Therefore, the platform protocol provides a general protocol structure that can be shared by multiple interventions and allows comparative analysis across the interventions. For example, objectives, measures, and endpoints are generalized in the platform protocol, but intervention-specific features are detailed in separate appendices. This platform protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized controlled platform trial evaluating potential interventions for PASC-mediated sleep disturbances. The hypothesis is that symptoms of sleep and circadian disorders that emerge in patients with PASC can be improved by phenotype-targeted interventions. Specific sleep and circadian disorders addressed in this protocol include sleep-related daytime impairment (referred to as hypersomnia) and complex PASC-related sleep disturbance (reflecting symptoms of insomnia and sleep-wake rhythm disturbance).

RECOVER-SLEEP: A Platform Protocol for Evaluation of Interventions for Sleep Disturbances in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)

RECOVER-SLEEP: Platform Protocol

Condition
Long COVID
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Phoenix

Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006

Tucson

University of Arizona Banner Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85719

San Francisco

University of California San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

Aurora

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Denver

Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204

Washington

Howard University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20060

Jacksonville

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209

Atlanta

Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30033

Atlanta

Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303

Atlanta

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30310

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. ≥ 18 years of age at the time of enrollment
  • 2. Previous suspected, probable, or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, as defined by the Pan American Health Organization:
  • 1. Clinical criteria: Acute onset of fever AND cough (influenza-like illness) OR Acute onset of ANY THREE OR MORE of the following signs or symptoms: fever, cough, general, weakness/fatigue, headache, myalgia, sore throat, coryza, dyspnea, nausea, diarrhea, anorexia;
  • 2. Epidemiological criteria: Contact of a probable or confirmed case or linked to a COVID-19 cluster; or B. Presented with acute respiratory infection with a history of fever or measured fever of ≥ 38°C and cough, with onset within the last 10 days, and required hospitalization; or C. Presented with no clinical signs or symptoms, NOR meeting epidemiologic criteria with a positive professional use or self-test SARS-CoV-2 Antigen-Rapid Diagnostic Test.
  • 3. New/worse sleep problems following a SARS-CoV-2 infection that have persisted for at least 12 weeks and are still present at the time of consent
  • 4. PROMIS 8a SRI or 8b SD T Score ≥ 60\*\*
  • 5. Willing and able to provide informed consent, complete the surveys and clinical assessments, and return for all of the necessary follow-up visits
  • 6. Adequate method of birth control for participants of child-bearing potential
  • 1. Known active acute SARS-CoV-2 infection ≤ 4 weeks from consent
  • 2. Known pregnancy, breastfeeding, or contemplating pregnancy during the study period
  • 3. Untreated sleep apnea (AHI ≥ 15 or severe sleep-related hypoxemia)
  • 4. Current night or rotating shift work
  • 5. Known history of narcolepsy prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection
  • 6. Any non-marijuana illicit drug use within 30 days of informed consent
  • 7. Known history of severe mental disorder, such as psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder
  • 8. Current or recent use (within the last 14 days) of study intervention or similar intervention to treat the underlying condition, unless a washout period is permitted per appendix\*
  • 9. Known allergy/sensitivity or any hypersensitivity to components of the study intervention or control\*
  • 10. Known contraindication(s) to study intervention including prohibited concomitant medications and without the ability to safely hold prohibited concomitant medications (see appendices)\*
  • 11. Currently receiving/using intervention from another clinical trial that could impact or mask treatment effect; refer to MOP for details
  • 12. Any condition that would make the participant, in the opinion of the investigator, unsuitable for the study

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Christina Barkauskas, MD, STUDY_CHAIR, Duke Clinical Research Institute

Susan Redline, MD MPH, STUDY_CHAIR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-07