COVID-19, Aging, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Study (CARAMEL)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04802044

Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting

First Posted : March 17, 2021

Last Update Posted : April 18, 2022

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Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Leiden University Medical Center

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Dicky L. Tahapary, Indonesia University

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

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Recruitment Status :	Active, not recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	December 31, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date :	December 31, 2023

Publications:

Liu K, Chen Y, Lin R, Han K. Clinical features of COVID-19 in elderly patients: A comparison with young and middle-aged patients. J Infect. 2020 Jun;80(6):e14-e18. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 27.

Iannelli A, Favre G, Frey S, Esnault V, Gugenheim J, Bouam S, Schiavo L, Tran A, Alifano M. Obesity and COVID-19: ACE 2, the Missing Tile. Obes Surg. 2020 Nov;30(11):4615-4617. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04734-7. No abstract available.

Apicella M, Campopiano MC, Mantuano M, Mazoni L, Coppelli A, Del Prato S. COVID-19 in people with diabetes: understanding the reasons for worse outcomes. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Sep;8(9):782-792. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30238-2. Epub 2020 Jul 17. Erratum In: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Oct;8(10):e5. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Nov;8(11):e6.

Wu H, Ballantyne CM. Metabolic Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Obesity. Circ Res. 2020 May 22;126(11):1549-1564. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.315896. Epub 2020 May 21.

Andersen CJ, Murphy KE, Fernandez ML. Impact of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome on Immunity. Adv Nutr. 2016 Jan 15;7(1):66-75. doi: 10.3945/an.115.010207. Print 2016 Jan.

Exley MA, Hand L, O'Shea D, Lynch L. Interplay between the immune system and adipose tissue in obesity. J Endocrinol. 2014 Nov;223(2):R41-8. doi: 10.1530/JOE-13-0516. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Agrawal M, Kern PA, Nikolajczyk BS. The Immune System in Obesity: Developing Paradigms Amidst Inconvenient Truths. Curr Diab Rep. 2017 Aug 15;17(10):87. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0917-9.

Gerriets VA, MacIver NJ. Role of T cells in malnutrition and obesity. Front Immunol. 2014 Aug 11;5:379. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00379. eCollection 2014.

Han JM, Levings MK. Immune regulation in obesity-associated adipose inflammation. J Immunol. 2013 Jul 15;191(2):527-32. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301035.

Rebello CJ, Kirwan JP, Greenway FL. Obesity, the most common comorbidity in SARS-CoV-2: is leptin the link? Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Sep;44(9):1810-1817. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0640-5. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Misumi I, Starmer J, Uchimura T, Beck MA, Magnuson T, Whitmire JK. Obesity Expands a Distinct Population of T Cells in Adipose Tissue and Increases Vulnerability to Infection. Cell Rep. 2019 Apr 9;27(2):514-524.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.030.

Kwaifa IK, Bahari H, Yong YK, Noor SM. Endothelial Dysfunction in Obesity-Induced Inflammation: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. Biomolecules. 2020 Feb 13;10(2):291. doi: 10.3390/biom10020291.

Li M, Qian M, Xu J. Vascular Endothelial Regulation of Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2017 Aug 9;4:51. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2017.00051. eCollection 2017.

Engin A. Endothelial Dysfunction in Obesity. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;960:345-379. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-48382-5_15.

Meyers MR, Gokce N. Endothelial dysfunction in obesity: etiological role in atherosclerosis. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2007 Oct;14(5):365-9. doi: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3282be90a8.

van Deursen JM. The role of senescent cells in ageing. Nature. 2014 May 22;509(7501):439-46. doi: 10.1038/nature13193.

Ni W, Yang X, Yang D, Bao J, Li R, Xiao Y, Hou C, Wang H, Liu J, Yang D, Xu Y, Cao Z, Gao Z. Role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in COVID-19. Crit Care. 2020 Jul 13;24(1):422. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03120-0.

Sungnak W, Huang N, Becavin C, Berg M, Queen R, Litvinukova M, Talavera-Lopez C, Maatz H, Reichart D, Sampaziotis F, Worlock KB, Yoshida M, Barnes JL; HCA Lung Biological Network. SARS-CoV-2 entry factors are highly expressed in nasal epithelial cells together with innate immune genes. Nat Med. 2020 May;26(5):681-687. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0868-6. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Khemais-Benkhiat S, Idris-Khodja N, Ribeiro TP, Silva GC, Abbas M, Kheloufi M, Lee JO, Toti F, Auger C, Schini-Kerth VB. The Redox-sensitive Induction of the Local Angiotensin System Promotes Both Premature and Replicative Endothelial Senescence: Preventive Effect of a Standardized Crataegus Extract. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 Dec;71(12):1581-1590. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glv213. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Song J, Hu B, Qu H, Wang L, Huang X, Li M, Zhang M. Upregulation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 by shear stress reduced inflammation and proliferation in vascular endothelial cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 May 7;525(3):812-818. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.02.151. Epub 2020 Mar 10. Erratum In: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022 Dec 3;632:204-205.

Bunyavanich S, Do A, Vicencio A. Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults. JAMA. 2020 Jun 16;323(23):2427-2429. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.8707.

Alsufyani HA, Docherty JR. The renin angiotensin aldosterone system and COVID-19. Saudi Pharm J. 2020 Aug;28(8):977-984. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.06.019. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Al-Benna S. Association of high level gene expression of ACE2 in adipose tissue with mortality of COVID-19 infection in obese patients. Obes Med. 2020 Sep;19:100283. doi: 10.1016/j.obmed.2020.100283. Epub 2020 Jul 18.

Michalakis K, Ilias I. SARS-CoV-2 infection and obesity: Common inflammatory and metabolic aspects. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Jul-Aug;14(4):469-471. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.033. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Telles S, Reddy SK, Nagendra HR. Obesity, Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction. J Chem Inf Model. 2019;53(9):1689-99.

Cervia C, Nilsson J, Zurbuchen Y, Valaperti A, Schreiner J, Wolfensberger A, Raeber ME, Adamo S, Weigang S, Emmenegger M, Hasler S, Bosshard PP, De Cecco E, Bachli E, Rudiger A, Stussi-Helbling M, Huber LC, Zinkernagel AS, Schaer DJ, Aguzzi A, Kochs G, Held U, Probst-Muller E, Rampini SK, Boyman O. Systemic and mucosal antibody responses specific to SARS-CoV-2 during mild versus severe COVID-19. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Feb;147(2):545-557.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.10.040. Epub 2020 Nov 20.

Peron JPS, Nakaya H. Susceptibility of the Elderly to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: ACE-2 Overexpression, Shedding, and Antibody-dependent Enhancement (ADE). Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020;75:e1912. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e1912. Epub 2020 May 15.

Lopes-Paciencia S, Saint-Germain E, Rowell MC, Ruiz AF, Kalegari P, Ferbeyre G. The senescence-associated secretory phenotype and its regulation. Cytokine. 2019 May;117:15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2019.01.013. Epub 2019 Feb 16.

Asghar M, Yman V, Homann MV, Sonden K, Hammar U, Hasselquist D, Farnert A. Cellular aging dynamics after acute malaria infection: A 12-month longitudinal study. Aging Cell. 2018 Feb;17(1):e12702. doi: 10.1111/acel.12702. Epub 2017 Nov 16.

Pathai S, Lawn SD, Gilbert CE, McGuinness D, McGlynn L, Weiss HA, Port J, Christ T, Barclay K, Wood R, Bekker LG, Shiels PG. Accelerated biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: a case-control study. AIDS. 2013 Sep 24;27(15):2375-84. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328363bf7f.

van de Berg PJ, Griffiths SJ, Yong SL, Macaulay R, Bemelman FJ, Jackson S, Henson SM, ten Berge IJ, Akbar AN, van Lier RA. Cytomegalovirus infection reduces telomere length of the circulating T cell pool. J Immunol. 2010 Apr 1;184(7):3417-23. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903442. Epub 2010 Feb 22.

Robinson MW, McGuinness D, Swann R, Barclay S, Mills PR, Patel AH, McLauchlan J, Shiels PG. Non cell autonomous upregulation of CDKN2 transcription linked to progression of chronic hepatitis C disease. Aging Cell. 2013 Dec;12(6):1141-3. doi: 10.1111/acel.12125. Epub 2013 Aug 12.

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