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NCT05167266: COV-COG
Long-Covid: Treatment of Cognitive Difficulties
NA trial testing Psychoeducation in COVID-19 in 130 participants. Completed in 2 July 2024.
26 January 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Liege |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 130 |
| Start date | 15 March 2022 |
| Primary completion | 26 January 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 2 July 2024 |
| Sites | 5 locations across Belgium |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Psychoeducation
Conditions studied
- COVID-19 — all drugs for COVID-19 →
- Cognitive Dysfunction — all drugs for Cognitive Dysfunction →
Sponsor
University of Liege
Who can join
Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with COVID-19 or Cognitive Dysfunction. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of the study is to explore the potential effectiveness of two common low-dose interventions, one targeting cognitive difficulties and the other targeting affective difficulties on quality of life and cognition in people suffering from long-COVID with cognitive complaints.
Publications & conference data
5 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Post-COVID cognitive dysfunction: current status and research recommendations for high risk population.
Quan M, Wang X, Gong M, Wang Q, et al · · 2023 · cited 62× · PMID 37457901 · DOI 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100836 -
Interventions for mental health, cognition, and psychological wellbeing in long COVID: a systematic review of registered trials.
Hawke LD, Nguyen ATP, Ski CF, Thompson DR, et al · · 2022 · cited 45× · PMID 35768406 · DOI 10.1017/s0033291722002203 -
COVCOG: Immediate and long-term cognitive improvement after cognitive versus emotion management psychoeducation programs - a randomized trial in covid patients with neuropsychological difficulties.
Willems S, Didone V, Cabello Fernandez C, Delrue G, et al · · 2023 · cited 5× · PMID 37596541 · DOI 10.1186/s12883-023-03346-9 -
Profiles of Individuals With Long COVID Reporting Persistent Cognitive Complaints.
Cabello Fernandez C, Didone V, Slama H, Dupuis G, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 40645608 · DOI 10.1093/arclin/acaf064 -
Cognitive and affective psychoeducation for Long COVID: a randomized controlled trial.
Cabello Fernandez C, Didone V, Lesoinne A, Slama H, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 41277895 · DOI 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf447
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT05167266
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05167266 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Liege
- Last refreshed: 9 July 2024
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