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Active, not recruitingNCT05160636Updated Mar 31, 2026

A Study to Look at the Health Outcomes of Patients With COVID-19 and Influenza

An observational study in COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Influenza, sponsored by Pfizer. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-31.

Sponsored by Pfizer · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
999
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main purpose of this study is to understand:

  • the symptoms of COVID-19 or influenza- health-related outcomes of people with COVID-19 or influenza (influenza only included in updated study analyses)
  • the potential effects of COVID-19 vaccines in people with COVID-19

This study will enroll participants who are:

  • 18 years or older
  • reported to have symptoms with tests that have confirmed illness. The tests can be taken at any of CVS pharmacy COVID-19 or influenza test sites.

The study will collect vaccine history information from participants who are ready to take part in the study. Participant will be emailed a form with questions about their health related to COVID-19 or influenza during multiple follow-ups over a 6-month period.

Read the detailed description

This is a prospective non-interventional longitudinal cohort survey study. Repeated measures on PROs including: symptoms (prevalence, frequency, duration, and severity), EQ-5D-5L, and WPAI over 6 months will be collected and evaluated.

COVID-19 Cohort: Participants 18 years or older with test-confirmed COVID-19 illness and at least one patient-reported symptom.

Influenza Cohort: Participants 18 years or older with test-confirmed influenza illness and at least one patient-reported symptom.

All study objectives and outcomes will be assessed separately for the two study cohorts. Influenza cohort is only included in updated study analyses.

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Conditions studied

  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019
  • Influenza

Keywords

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • Humanistic Burden
  • Quality of Life
  • Disease Symptoms Assessment
  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
  • Acute respiratory infection
  • Influenza
  • Human Influenza
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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 999 is above the median of 261 across 3,136 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Pfizer is the lead sponsor of 3,244 studies on the registry; 139 are open to participants now.

Of its 582 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 381 (65%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Participants are 18 years or older who are self-reported symptomatic, who tested positive with RT-PCR at any of the approximately 5,000 CVSH COVID-test sites and consented to participate in the PRO study.

Updated study analysis included participants 18 years or older who are self-reported symptomatic, with test-confirmed illness when tested at any of CVS pharmacy COVID-19 or influenza test sites, and consent to participate in the study.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 or older
  • Self-reported at least one symptom in the CVS Health pre-test screening questionnaire
  • Positive result reported from diagnostic test for COVID-19 (or influenza in updated analysis)
  • Evidence of a signed and dated informed consent through electronic consent process indicating that the participant has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study
  • Able to complete the questionnaires by themselves in English or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

- No symptoms reported in the study screening questionnaire

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
999 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
None retained

Groups and cohorts

  • COVID-19 Positive

    Test-confirmed COVID-19 illness and at least one patient-reported symptom

    Biological: COVID-19 Vaccine

  • Influenza Positive

    Test-confirmed influenza illness and at least one patient-reported symptom

Interventions

  • BiologicalCOVID-19 Vaccine

    Receipt of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) using EQ-5D-5L

    To assess the change in HRQoL using EQ-5D-5L before COVID-19 or influenza and over a 6-month period following the test-confirmed COVID-19 or influenza.

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. EQ-5D-5L Utility Index (UI) scores

    To estimate the EQ-5D-5L UI scores and their change across six time points in a span of six months following the test-confirmed COVID-19 or influenza.

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores

    To estimate the VAS scores and their change across six time points in a span of six months following the test-confirmed COVID-19 or influenza.

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. WPAI scores

    To estimate the WPAI scores and their change across six time points in a span of six months following the test-confirmed COVID-19 or influenza.

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Prevalence and duration of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms

    To characterize prevalence and duration of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms before COVID-19 and up to 6 months (acute phase and Long COVID).

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Prevalence, Severity, and duration of influenza symptoms aggregated as index score area under the curve

    To characterize prevalence and duration of influenza symptoms before influenza and up to 6 months (acute phase and Long Flu). Outcome will be aggregated by assigning a point-scale to the symptom severity and calculating the area under the curve of the severity index score.

    Time frame: 6 Months

  3. Fatigue before COVID-19

    To assess fatigue (using PROMIS questionnaire Fatigue short-form 8a) before COVID-19 and over a six-month follow-up.

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Fatigue after COVID-19

    To estimate the PROMIS questionnaire Fatigue short-form 8a score and its change across six time points in a span of six months following the RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19.

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Pfizer
    New York, New York 10001, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Hu T, Lupton LL, Yehoshua A, Cappelleri JC, Gavaghan MB, Welch VL, Lopez SMC, Brathwaite R, Di Fusco M, Sun X. The one-month impact of influenza infection on patient-reported symptom burden among symptomatic U.S. adults with a test-confirmed illness: a longitudinal study. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Jul 9. doi: 10.1186/s12879-026-13950-y. Online ahead of print. PubMed 42426637 ↗
  • Sun X, Di Fusco M, Lupton LL, Yehoshua A, Alvarez MB, Allen KE, Puzniak L, Lopez SMC, Cappelleri JC. Predictors of Long COVID Among Symptomatic US Adults Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a National Retail Pharmacy. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Nov 21;12(23):2321. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12232321. PubMed 39684943 ↗
  • Di Fusco M, Cappelleri JC, Yehoshua A, Craig KJT, Alvarez MB, Allen KE, Porter TM, Lopez SMC, Puzniak L, Sun X. Associations between symptom-based long COVID clusters and long-term quality of life, work and daily activities among individuals testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a national retail pharmacy. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2024 Oct 22;8(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s41687-024-00797-7. PubMed 39436613 ↗
  • Sun X, Di Fusco M, Puzniak L, Coetzer H, Zamparo JM, Tabak YP, Cappelleri JC. Assessment of retrospective collection of EQ-5D-5L in a US COVID-19 population. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2023 Sep 8;21(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s12955-023-02187-x. PubMed 37679771 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Pfizer will provide access to individual de-identified participant data and related study documents (e.g. protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP), Clinical Study Report (CSR)) upon request from qualified researchers, and subject to certain criteria, conditions, and exceptions. Further details on Pfizer's data sharing criteria and process for requesting access can be found at: https://www.pfizer.com/science/clinical\_trials/trial\_data\_and\_results/data\_requests.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 31, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05160636
Lead sponsor
Pfizer
Collaborators
CVS Caremark
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 16, 2021
Start date
Jan 31, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 31, 2026

Study contacts

Pfizer CT.gov Call Center
study director · Pfizer

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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