Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network – Functional, imaging, and respiratory evaluation in CORAL (FIRE CORAL)

HLB02822424a

PETAL-FIRE CORAL

(PETAL-BLUE CORAL) Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network – Biology and Longitudinal Epidemiology of PETAL COVID-19 Observational Study (BLUE CORAL)
(PETAL-RED CORAL) Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network - Repository of Electronic Data COVID-19 Observational Study (RED CORAL)

PTF

False

True

True

Coded

https://petalnet.org/studies.html

False

Epidemiology Study

Open BioLINCC Study

Adult

2024-03-01

2024-03-01

2024-02-15

None

June 2021 to May 2022

DLD

Lung

non-HIV

COVID

None

None

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes, For Some Specimens

Yes

Use of specimens in non-genetic and/or genetic research is tiered to 1) research related to COVID-19 and/or 2) research involved with other medical conditions. Specimens may not be used directly to produce commercial products.

Corona Virus Infection
SARS-CoV Infection

To examine the recovery from COVID-19 disease following acute hospitalization with an emphasis on functional, imaging, and respiratory evaluation, and assess the feasibility of conducting a larger study to evaluate variables associated with differential recovery.

The BLUE CORAL study was intended to address the knowledge gaps and provide critical data to help guide clinical care, public health, and scientific efforts regarding SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) recovery. The understanding and treatment of long-term sequelae of COVID-19, referred to variously as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), post-acute COVID, Long COVID, or long-haul COVID, is fundamental to patient recovery. These long-term consequences are common and increasingly recognized, although heterogeneous in manifestation, and can result in a failure to return to baseline level of health. At the time of the FIRE CORAL study, there were limited studies that collected objective assessments following hospital discharge for a wide spectrum of patients surviving COVID-19.

FIRE CORAL enrolled adult participants as a subset of those enrolled in the BLUE CORAL study with a recent COVID-19 hospitalization and that completed the 1- or 3-month post-hospital telephone long-term outcomes assessment. The target enrollment for this pilot study cohort was 80 participants.

FIRE CORAL was a multicenter prospective cohort study of participants recovering from COVID-19 disease with in-person follow-up, as an extension of the BLUE CORAL study. The study consisted of a battery of assessments objectively measuring pulmonary function, abnormalities on lung imaging, and functional status. Participants were to attend and perform initial in-person testing at 3 to 9 months after hospital discharge. Participants with abnormal findings on pulmonary function testing or chest imaging during their initial assessment or those with persistent respiratory symptoms were eligible to repeat study procedures 3 months later with a subsequent visit at 12 months. All participants were invited to return for in-person follow-up at 12 months after hospital discharge. Assessments included high-resolution chest CT scan without contrast, spirometry, lung volume assessment, diffusing capacity measured by single breath measurement, Six Minute Walk Test, Short Physical Performance Battery, St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire, and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue scale. Demographic and hospitalization data are available as part of the BLUE CORAL study.

The primary aim of the FIRE CORAL study was to examine the feasibility of conducting rigorous in-person follow-up testing of participants discharged from the hospital following COVID-19 illness to assist with planning for a larger study to evaluate variables associated with differential recovery. The secondary aim was to describe the pulmonary, imaging, and functional recovery following COVID-19 hospitalization in a diverse population of patients.

Mayer KP, Palakshappa JA, Peltan ID, Andrew JS, Gundel SJ, Ringwood NJ, Mckeehan J, Hope AA, Rogers AJ, Biehl M, Hayden DL, Caldwell E, Mehkri O, Lynch DJ, Burham EL, Hough CL, Jolley SE; NHLBI PETAL Network. Functional, imaging, and respiratory evaluation (FIRE) of patients post-hospitalization for COVID-19: protocol for a pilot observational study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Sep 19;8(1):212. doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-01151-8. PMID: 36123599; PMCID: PMC9483889.

Plasma
Whole Blood