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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced<\/a> that the use of Paxlovid to treat Long Covid will be the first treatment to be studied by its $1 billion RECOVER Initiative. The Duke Clinical Research Institute is supervising the randomized, placebo-controlled trial, which will test Pfizer’s treatment or a placebo in 1,700 volunteers aged 18 and older, scheduled to start on Jan. 1, 2023. The trial will investigate the\u00a0 hypothesis that Long Covid is caused by the persistence of fragments of the COVID-19 virus in the tissues of those who suffer from lingering symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Solve M.E. led the charge for the $1.15 billion investment in the RECOVER program for Long Covid research and clinical trials, with $100 million specifically used for the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics. The funds will remain available to the NIH until September 30, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Solve President and CEO Oved Amitay noted, \u201cThis study will help us understand if it\u2019s possible to successfully treat an infection-associated disease long after the acute phase infection is over. If disabling symptoms such as fatigue, \u2018brain fog\u2019 and post-exertion malaise could be improved by an effective antiviral treatment months after the initial infection, the implications for people with Long Covid and ME\/CFS would be considerable. Positive outcomes may spark an interest in fighting other viruses such as Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), that have been implicated as a trigger for ME\/CFS. Solve and other advocates fought hard for NIH funding to study these possibilities, and now it’s happening. This news comes later than we had hoped for, but we are encouraged that treatment options are finally starting to be tested.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In November 2021, NIH representative Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), joined Amitay for a\u00a0 discussion of how the RECOVER Initiative will impact people with ME\/CFS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch that webinar here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m eager to see the results of this study,” said Solve Vice President of Advocacy and Engagement Emily Taylor. “We\u2019ve always known that early diagnosis, treatment and intervention yields better long-term results for people with post-infection illness. This trial promises to be the first potential treatment during that critical early onset period within the first year or two. It\u2019s too early to say, but I\u2019m hoping that these studies find a treatment that prevents<\/i>\u00a0ME\/CFS after an infection.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the use of Paxlovid to treat Long Covid will be the first treatment to be studied by its $1 billion RECOVER Initiative. 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