Observational Study on Gut Flora and COVID-19

This study is looking at the role of gut flora (the bacteria in your intestines) in COVID-19 infection. Researchers want to see if the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is found in the stool of infected patients. You might be able to join if you are 18 years or older and have been diagnosed with COVID-19 by an RT-PCR test within the last week. The study will consider itself successful if it can show a connection between the types of bacteria in your gut and the disease, measured by analyzing your stool over one year. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an observational study, meaning researchers will watch and collect information without giving any new treatments. It plans to include 250 participants.
What's involved
In this study, your stool will be tested during your COVID-19 treatment and again after treatment.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for one year to measure the correlation of microbiome to disease.

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NCT04359836

A Study to Explore the Role of Gut Flora in COVID-19 Infection

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 18+Observational
ProgenaBiome
~250 participants
Updated 2025-06-05 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:There is no intervention in this study

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Correlation of Microbiome to Disease via Relative Abundance Found in Microbiome Sequencing
Measured over One year
Gut Microbiome
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
COVID
COVID-19
Corona Virus Infection
Coronavirus
Coronaviridae Infections
Coronavirus 19
Coronavirus-19
COVID 19
1 sites across 1 states
California1
  • Sabine Hazan, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · ProgenaBiome

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  • Correlation of Microbiome to Disease via Relative Abundance Found in Microbiome SequencingOne year

    Relative abundance of bacterial classes within taxonomic phyla and, more broadly, within their domain will be analyzed by sequencing the gut microbiome. These data will then be categorized among specific gastrointestinal disease types.