Investigation of the Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Olfactory Mucosa of Patients With Prolonged Symptoms of COVID-19

NCT05220241 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2025-12-17

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Summary

NEUROCOVID is a prospective multicenter study comparing the proportion of patients with SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA at the level of the olfactory clefts in a group of cases compared to a group of controls as well as the correlations between the virological and cellular abnormalities observed in the olfactory mucosa and the severity of the clinical neurological profile

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Nasopharyngeal swab for RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2

2 nasal swabs (one per nostril) of olfactory mucosa cells under local anesthesia for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and pathological analysis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hotel Dieu Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Institut Pasteur

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Hôpital Lariboisière Fernand Widal

    collaborator OTHER
  • Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Mathieu Veyrat, Dr · Hôpital Fondation A. de Rothschild

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-20
Completion
2025-07-10

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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