About this trial

This will be a pilot multi-arm clinical trial investigating the feasibility of Lumbrokinase (LK) as an intervention in three clinical cohorts:

* Long Covid (LC) * Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) * Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Any gender

Aged 18+

Baseline EQ-VAS ≤70; EQ-VAS before the index infection ≥80 (this information is collected as part of the baseline survey).

Long Covid

Disqualifiers

Current use of antiplatelet or anticoagulation regimen

Diagnosis of an autoimmune condition such as Chronic EBV, Multiple Sclerosis, Hashimoto's Disease, etc. which would impact the immunological profiling analysis.

Pregnancy or lactation

Known allergy to earthworms (Lumbrokinase is a supplement that is derived from earthworms)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Lumbrokinase

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Locations

1
The Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illnesses (CoRE)10029, New YorkNew York, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lead sponsor

Columbia University

Collaborator

PolyBio Research Foundation

Collaborator