Mechanisms for Organ Dysfunction in Covid-19

NCT04316884 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: EPN 2017/043 Covid19
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 380
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate organ dysfunction and biomarkers in patients with suspected or verified COVID-19 during intensive care at Uppsala University Hospital.

Conditions

COVID-19; Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Sepsis; Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Multiple; Septic Shock; Acute Kidney Injury; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Acute Kidney Injury

  KDIGO AKI score

  During Intensive Care, an estimated average of 10 days.

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• ARDS

  During intensive care, an estimated average of 10 days.

• 30 day mortality

  30 days

• 1 year mortality

  1 year

• Chronic Kidney Disease

  60 days and 1 year after ICU admission

• SOFA-score

  During Intensive Care, an estimated average of 10 days.

Study Arms (1)

COVID-19

Patients with suspected or verified COVID-19 admitted to intensive care at Uppsala University Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients requiring intensive care with suspected or verified COVID19

You may qualify if:

• Admitted to intensive care
• suspected or verified COVID-19

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Under-age

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Uppsala University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Uppsala University Hospital

Uppsala, Uppsala County, 75185, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (27)

• Hultstrom M, von Seth M, Frithiof R. Hyperreninemia and low total body water may contribute to acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients in intensive care. J Hypertens. 2020 Aug;38(8):1613-1614. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002531. No abstract available.

  PMID: 32472780 RESULT

• Hultstrom M, Persson B, Eriksson O, Lipcsey M, Frithiof R, Nilsson B. Blood type A associates with critical COVID-19 and death in a Swedish cohort. Crit Care. 2020 Aug 12;24(1):496. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03223-8. No abstract available.

  PMID: 32787887 RESULT

• Eriksson O, Hultstrom M, Persson B, Lipcsey M, Ekdahl KN, Nilsson B, Frithiof R. Mannose-Binding Lectin is Associated with Thrombosis and Coagulopathy in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients. Thromb Haemost. 2020 Dec;120(12):1720-1724. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715835. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

  PMID: 32871607 RESULT

• Stattin K, Lipcsey M, Andersson H, Ponten E, Bulow Anderberg S, Gradin A, Larsson A, Lubenow N, von Seth M, Rubertsson S, Hultstrom M, Frithiof R. Inadequate prophylactic effect of low-molecular weight heparin in critically ill COVID-19 patients. J Crit Care. 2020 Dec;60:249-252. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.08.026. Epub 2020 Sep 3.

  PMID: 32920503 RESULT

• Frithiof R, Bergqvist A, Jarhult JD, Lipcsey M, Hultstrom M. Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in urine is rare and not associated with acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Crit Care. 2020 Sep 29;24(1):587. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03302-w. No abstract available.

  PMID: 32993742 RESULT

• Asif S, Frithiof R, Lipcsey M, Kristensen B, Alving K, Hultstrom M. Weak anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody response is associated with mortality in a Swedish cohort of COVID-19 patients in critical care. Crit Care. 2020 Nov 6;24(1):639. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03362-y. No abstract available.

  PMID: 33158455 RESULT

• Luther T, Bulow-Anderberg S, Larsson A, Rubertsson S, Lipcsey M, Frithiof R, Hultstrom M. COVID-19 patients in intensive care develop predominantly oliguric acute kidney injury. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2021 Mar;65(3):364-372. doi: 10.1111/aas.13746. Epub 2020 Nov 28.

  PMID: 33190222 RESULT

• Bulow Anderberg S, Luther T, Berglund M, Larsson R, Rubertsson S, Lipcsey M, Larsson A, Frithiof R, Hultstrom M. Increased levels of plasma cytokines and correlations to organ failure and 30-day mortality in critically ill Covid-19 patients. Cytokine. 2021 Feb;138:155389. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2020.155389. Epub 2020 Dec 14.

  PMID: 33348065 RESULT

• Zhou S, Butler-Laporte G, Nakanishi T, Morrison DR, Afilalo J, Afilalo M, Laurent L, Pietzner M, Kerrison N, Zhao K, Brunet-Ratnasingham E, Henry D, Kimchi N, Afrasiabi Z, Rezk N, Bouab M, Petitjean L, Guzman C, Xue X, Tselios C, Vulesevic B, Adeleye O, Abdullah T, Almamlouk N, Chen Y, Chasse M, Durand M, Paterson C, Normark J, Frithiof R, Lipcsey M, Hultstrom M, Greenwood CMT, Zeberg H, Langenberg C, Thysell E, Pollak M, Mooser V, Forgetta V, Kaufmann DE, Richards JB. A Neanderthal OAS1 isoform protects individuals of European ancestry against COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. Nat Med. 2021 Apr;27(4):659-667. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01281-1. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

  PMID: 33633408 RESULT

• Lipcsey M, Persson B, Eriksson O, Blom AM, Fromell K, Hultstrom M, Huber-Lang M, Ekdahl KN, Frithiof R, Nilsson B. The Outcome of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Is Linked to Thromboinflammation Dominated by the Kallikrein/Kinin System. Front Immunol. 2021 Feb 22;12:627579. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.627579. eCollection 2021.

  PMID: 33692801 RESULT

• Jarhult JD, Hultstrom M, Bergqvist A, Frithiof R, Lipcsey M. The impact of viremia on organ failure, biomarkers and mortality in a Swedish cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 30;11(1):7163. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86500-y.

  PMID: 33785784 RESULT

• Frithiof R, Rostami E, Kumlien E, Virhammar J, Fallmar D, Hultstrom M, Lipcsey M, Ashton N, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Punga AR. Critical illness polyneuropathy, myopathy and neuronal biomarkers in COVID-19 patients: A prospective study. Clin Neurophysiol. 2021 Jul;132(7):1733-1740. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.03.016. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

  PMID: 33875374 RESULT

• Galien S, Hultstrom M, Lipcsey M, Stattin K, Frithiof R, Rosen J; Uppsala Intensive Care COVID-19 Research Group. Point of care ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in critically ill COVID-19 patients, an observational study. Thromb J. 2021 Jun 2;19(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12959-021-00272-z.

  PMID: 34078399 RESULT

• Gradin A, Andersson H, Luther T, Anderberg SB, Rubertsson S, Lipcsey M, Aberg M, Larsson A, Frithiof R, Hultstrom M. Urinary cytokines correlate with acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Cytokine. 2021 Oct;146:155589. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2021.155589. Epub 2021 May 24.

  PMID: 34161857 RESULT

• Huckriede J, Anderberg SB, Morales A, de Vries F, Hultstrom M, Bergqvist A, Ortiz-Perez JT, Sels JW, Wichapong K, Lipcsey M, van de Poll M, Larsson A, Luther T, Reutelingsperger C, de Frutos PG, Frithiof R, Nicolaes GAF. Evolution of NETosis markers and DAMPs have prognostic value in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 3;11(1):15701. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95209-x.

  PMID: 34344929 RESULT

• Pellegrini M, Larina A, Mourtos E, Frithiof R, Lipcsey M, Hultstrom M, Segelsjo M, Hansen T, Perchiazzi G. A quantitative analysis of extension and distribution of lung injury in COVID-19: a prospective study based on chest computed tomography. Crit Care. 2021 Aug 4;25(1):276. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03685-4.

  PMID: 34348797 RESULT

• Karawajczyk M, Douhan Hakansson L, Lipcsey M, Hultstrom M, Pauksens K, Frithiof R, Larsson A. High expression of neutrophil and monocyte CD64 with simultaneous lack of upregulation of adhesion receptors CD11b, CD162, CD15, CD65 on neutrophils in severe COVID-19. Ther Adv Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 31;8:20499361211034065. doi: 10.1177/20499361211034065. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.

  PMID: 34377464 RESULT

• Huckriede J, de Vries F, Hultstrom M, Wichapong K, Reutelingsperger C, Lipcsey M, Garcia de Frutos P, Frithiof R, Nicolaes GAF. Histone H3 Cleavage in Severe COVID-19 ICU Patients. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021 Sep 10;11:694186. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.694186. eCollection 2021.

  PMID: 34568088 RESULT

• Bulow Anderberg S, Lipcsey M, Hultstrom M, Eriksson AK, Venge P, Frithiof R, On Behalf Of The Uppsala Intensive Care Covid-Research Group. Systemic Human Neutrophil Lipocalin Associates with Severe Acute Kidney Injury in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia. J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 14;10(18):4144. doi: 10.3390/jcm10184144.

  PMID: 34575252 RESULT

• Sancho Ferrando E, Hanslin K, Hultstrom M, Larsson A, Frithiof R, Lipcsey M; Uppsala Intensive Care COVID-19 Research Group. Soluble TNF receptors predict acute kidney injury and mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients: A prospective observational study. Cytokine. 2022 Jan;149:155727. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2021.155727. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

  PMID: 34628127 RESULT

• Nakanishi T, Pigazzini S, Degenhardt F, Cordioli M, Butler-Laporte G, Maya-Miles D, Bujanda L, Bouysran Y, Niemi ME, Palom A, Ellinghaus D, Khan A, Martinez-Bueno M, Rolker S, Amitrano S, Roade Tato L, Fava F; FinnGen; COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (HGI); Spinner CD, Prati D, Bernardo D, Garcia F, Darcis G, Fernandez-Cadenas I, Holter JC, Banales JM, Frithiof R, Kiryluk K, Duga S, Asselta R, Pereira AC, Romero-Gomez M, Nafria-Jimenez B, Hov JR, Migeotte I, Renieri A, Planas AM, Ludwig KU, Buti M, Rahmouni S, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, Schulte EC, Franke A, Karlsen TH, Valenti L, Zeberg H, Richards JB, Ganna A. Age-dependent impact of the major common genetic risk factor for COVID-19 on severity and mortality. J Clin Invest. 2021 Dec 1;131(23):e152386. doi: 10.1172/JCI152386.

  PMID: 34597274 RESULT

• COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7889):472-477. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03767-x. Epub 2021 Jul 8.

  PMID: 34237774 RESULT

• Bjarnadottir KJ, Perchiazzi G, Sidenbladh CL, Larina A, Wallin E, Larsson IM, Franzen S, Larsson AO, Sousa MLA, Segelsjo M, Hansen T, Frithiof R, Hultstrom M, Lipcsey M, Pellegrini M. Body mass index is associated with pulmonary gas and blood distribution mismatch in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure. A physiological study. Front Physiol. 2024 Jul 10;15:1399407. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1399407. eCollection 2024.

  PMID: 39050483 DERIVED

• Halvorsen P, Hultstrom M, Hastbacka J, Larsson IM, Eklund R, Arnberg FK, Hokkanen L, Frithiof R, Wallin E, Orwelius L, Lipcsey M. Health-related quality of life after surviving intensive care for COVID-19: a prospective multicenter cohort study. Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 21;13(1):18035. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-45346-2.

  PMID: 37865685 DERIVED

• Bark L, Larsson IM, Wallin E, Simren J, Zetterberg H, Lipcsey M, Frithiof R, Rostami E, Hultstrom M. Central nervous system biomarkers GFAp and NfL associate with post-acute cognitive impairment and fatigue following critical COVID-19. Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 12;13(1):13144. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39698-y.

  PMID: 37573366 DERIVED

• Perchiazzi G, Larina A, Hansen T, Frithiof R, Hultstrom M, Lipcsey M, Pellegrini M. Chest dual-energy CT to assess the effects of steroids on lung function in severe COVID-19 patients. Crit Care. 2022 Oct 25;26(1):328. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04200-z.

  PMID: 36284360 DERIVED

• Hultstrom M, Lipcsey M, Morrison DR, Nakanishi T, Butler-Laporte G, Chen Y, Yoshiji S, Forgetta V, Farjoun Y, Wallin E, Larsson IM, Larsson A, Marton A, Titze JM, Nihlen S, Richards JB, Frithiof R. Dehydration is associated with production of organic osmolytes and predicts physical long-term symptoms after COVID-19: a multicenter cohort study. Crit Care. 2022 Oct 21;26(1):322. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04203-w.

  PMID: 36271419 DERIVED

Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

Blood, Urine and Sputum

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19; Toxemia; Multiple Organ Failure; Shock, Septic; Acute Kidney Injury; Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Shock; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Sepsis; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Inflammation; Renal Insufficiency; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Respiration Disorders

Study Officials

• Robert Frithiof, MD. PhD

  Uppsala University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 13, 2020
• First Posted: March 20, 2020
• Study Start: March 12, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: January 12, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Locations

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