NCT05019963

Enhancing COVID Rehabilitation With Technology

Enhancing COVID Rehabilitation With Technology (ECORT): An Open-label, Single Site Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Electronic Case Management for Individuals With Persistent COVID-19 Symptoms.

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Ottawa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. Ontario has confirmed more than 547,000 cases of COVID-19 since testing began. For many of these patients, symptoms resolve within 4 weeks of onset. However, it is becoming apparent that a significant number of individuals are experiencing symptoms that persist long after the acute infection, known as Long COVID. These individuals have a wide constellation of presenting symptoms, often varying from initial presentation. For this study, we will be enrolling individuals receiving care at The Ottawa Hospital for Long COVID. This study aims to determine the following four things: 1) will adding electronic case management improve quality of life three months after coming to hospital with Long COVID; 2) is the electronic case management platform cost effective; 3) is there any factors that predict outcomes at 3 months; 4) to determine how a personalized rehabilitation program supported by a digital platform could be implemented for individuals with Long COVID. We will enroll individuals from The Ottawa Hospital who will then be randomly assigned to receive either usual care or usual care plus electronic case management, through a platform called NexJ Connected Wellness. Participants will also complete questionnaires every 4 weeks for 3 months. We will be looking at quality of life, mental and physical health, cognitive symptoms, fatigue and pain.

Conditions

• Covid19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	NexJ Connected Wellness	NexJ Connected Wellness is an electronic case management platform with a patient-facing smart phone application and a clinician-facing web dashboard.
OTHER	Usual Care	Participants will receive a treatment plan as decided on with their clinician(s).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-02
• Primary completion: 2024-08-01
• Completion: 2024-09-01
• First posted: 2021-08-25
• Last updated: 2024-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada