Incidence and Predictors of Acute and Chronic Complications in Patients With Diabetes and Severe COVID-19

Study Summary

All surviving patients of the Michigan Medicine COVID-19 Cohort (M2C2, PI: Hayek) that were admitted to the University of Michigan for severe COVID-19 disease are eligible for this study. Investigators had prior approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to collect the baseline blood and urine samples of these participants. Initial analysis on those samples are ongoing. In preliminary analysis of these patients a significantly higher risk for severe acute complications in patients with diabetes compared to those without diabetes was observed. The study will also enroll people following documented COVID-19 infection, regardless of whether or not they were hospitalized. The goal of the study is to understand what drives the increased risk of severe acute COVID-19 complications as well as to understand the long term sequelae of COVID-19 infection in patients with diabetes. The objectives of this study are to invite surviving M2C2 participants as well as others who have survived COVID-19 infection for an in-person visit, to measure biomarkers of inflammation and kidney, nerves, heart and blood vessels damage. participants will also be comprehensively phenotyped for diabetic complications outcomes, diabetes kidney disease, diabetes neuropathy and cardiovascular disease. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires to assess psychosocial metrics. The rationale is that correlating markers of acute hyperinflammation (cytokine storm syndrome) at admission in diabetes patients can inform vigilance and care for long term complications in survivors. Completing these studies will generate evidence-based guidelines for mitigating sequelae in diabetes COVID-19 survivors and identify critical psychosocial factors to mitigate psychological harm.

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