crash course
Stanford University researchers are recruiting ME/CFS, Chronic Lyme, and Long COVID-19 patients for a study to better understand symptom relapses or “crashes”.
About the Study
The Crash Course aims to understand and predict relapses, flares, and crashes in chronic disease. To be eligible, you must live in the US, be over age 18, and experience relapse episodes persisting at least 24 hours in duration.
Additionally, you must experience one of the following conditions:
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
- Chronic Lyme disease or Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS),
- or Long-haul COVID-19 or Post-COVID Syndrome
WHAT THE STUDY INVOLVES
Fill out online questionnaires
Collect fingerprick blood samples at home
Use provided devices to measure sleep, activity, blood pressure, and heart rhythm
Study devices will be provided.
A Fitbit smartwatch, microsampling kit, and S-patch cardio device will be provided to you. You will be asked to return the devices at the end of the study. No charge will be applied if the devices are lost or broken.
Please email microsampling@stanford.edu for enrollment information.
Participant’s rights questions, contact 1-866-680-2906.
RESEARCH TEAM AND COLLABORATORS
Ryan Kellogg
Postdoc, Snyder Lab
Research Team
Linda (Yu-Ling) Lan
Postdoc, Snyder Lab
Research Team
Arshdeep Chauhan
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate (CRCA) , Snyder Lab
Jaime Seltzer
Researcher at SGTC, Director of Scientific and Medical Outreach, #MEAction
Study Design, Patient Recruitment
Chris Armstrong
Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Director of the Melbourne ME/CFS Collaboration
Study design, data analysis and interpretation
