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Table 1 Visit schedule with assessments

From: Randomized controlled double-blind trial of methylprednisolone versus placebo in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome and cognitive deficits: study protocol of the post-corona-virus immune treatment (PoCoVIT) trial

Period/Visit name

Screening

Baseline 1

Baseline 2 &Randomization

Treatment period: Placebo vs Verum1

Follow-Up

Treatment period: Verum2

Follow-Up

S (V1)

B1

B2 (V2)

SV (V3)

SV (V4)

SV (V5)

FU1 (V6)

SV (V7)

SV (V8)

SV (V9)

FU2 (V10)

FU3 (V11)

Trial days

− 28 to 0

 

− 14 to 0

2

14

28

56

86

98

112

140

365

Time windows

 ± 3 days

 ± 30 days

Outpatient visit

 

 

Informed consent

           

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

           

Randomization

  

         

Discharge from trial

          

 

History

Demographic data

  

        

Medical history

  

         

Diagnostic assessments

Structural cMRI

 

          

Diagnostic blood sample3

  

   

   

 

Lumbar puncture4

  

         

Safety assessments

Neurological and general physical examination

  

   

   

 

Pregnancy test in female patients

  

 

 

 

 

 

Blood sample A5

   

 

  

Blood sample B6

  

   

   

 

Clinical and sonographic exclusion of thrombosis

    

   

   

AE questioning

  

 

Concomitant medication

  

Outcome assessments

Patient reported symptoms

  

   

   

Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire

  

   

   

Short form 36 Health survey

  

   

   

Fatigue severity scale

  

   

   

Chalder fatigue scale

  

   

   

Beck depression inventory-II

  

   

   

 

Montreal cognitive assessment

  

   

   

 

PROMIS 29

  

   

   

 

PROMIS Cognitive Function Short form 4a

  

   

   

 

Verbal learning and memory test

  

   

   

 

Brief Visuospatial memory test—revised

  

   

   

 

WAIS-IV

  

   

   

 

Test battery for attention performance

  

   

   

 

Trail-making-test A and B

  

   

   

 

Regensburger Wortflüssigkeits-test

  

   

   

 

Symbol digit modalities test

  

   

     

Wortschatztest

  

         

LPS

  

         

Assessment of self-experienced exposure to IMP

     

      

Enrolment in diagnostic and biomarker platform study in a subgroup

  

   

     
  1. AE, Adverse Event; cMRI, cranial magnetic resonance imaging; LPS, Performance testing system (Leistungsprüfungssystem: Subtest 3: Logical Thinking); PROMIS, Patient reported outcomes measurement information system; WAIS-IV, Digit span (forward/backward) from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition
  2. 1Treatment period: Placebo vs Verum begin at day 1 ± 3
  3. 2Treatment period: Verum begin at day 85 ± 3
  4. 3Blood sample: autoantibodies, complement system and inflammatory markers
  5. 4Lumbar puncture: autoantibody testing and inflammatory markers
  6. 5Blood sample A: Glucose, Na, K, GFR, creatinine
  7. 6Blood sample B: Differential blood count, glucose, Na, K, HbA1c, GFR, creatinine, TSH, AST, ALT