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Study Website: RECOVERCOVID
Study Design: Retrospective Observational Study
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Christopher Forrest, Charles Bailey and Grace Lee
Institution: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
PCORnet® Network Partner: PEDSnet
Funder: Federal (NIH)
Funding Date: 2021
Study Duration: 2021 - 2025
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, GPC, PaTH, PEDSnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Infectious Disease
Condition: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Age Range: Pediatrics 21 years and younger
Status: Active, not recruiting
Research Question(s):
- What are the long term health effects of COVID-19 after a person has recovered from infection?
- How can we better detect, predict, treat these health effects and prevent future infection?
Primary Publication(s):
Forrest CB, Burrows EK, Mejias A, et al. Severity of Acute COVID-19 in Children <18 Years Old March 2020 to December 2021. Pediatrics. 2022 Apr 1;149(4):e2021055765. doi:10.1542/peds.2021-055765
Rao S, Lee GM, Razzaghi H, et al. Clinical Features and Burden of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(10):1000. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.2800
Bose-Brill S, Hirabayashi K, Schwimmer E, et al; Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery consortium. Pediatric nirmatrelvir/ritonavir prescribing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosp Pediatr. 2024;14(8):e341-e348. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2023-007132