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Research projects

Analysing Antibody Responses against EBV-derived Antigens in ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Poland, UK, Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen, Nuno Sepúlveda
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
2020-10
to not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Analysis of Blood Immune Cell Transcriptomes by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing (scRNA-seq)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Anna Aschenbrenner
Organisations:
University Clinic Bonn,Charité – University Medicine Berlin,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Hemic and lymphatic system disorders, General
Analysis of Differences in Plasma Proteins Using Mass Spectrometry
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Markus Ralser
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
General
Analysis of Serum/Plasma Markers and Changes in Cellular Composition and Activation of Blood Cells
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Birgit Sawitzki
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
General
Autoimmunity Risk Variants in the PTPN22 and CTLA4 Genes are Associated with Infectious Onset of ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Sophie Steiner
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Genetic risk factors, General
Biosamples, GPCR-Autoantibodies, Data Management and Bioinformatics
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein - Luebeck (UKSH),Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Max Delbrück Center (MDC),Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, General
Care Model for Patients with ME/CFS (CFS_CARE)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2021-12
to 2024-12
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
General, Mental health
Cell Morphology, Cell Deformability and Microclots in ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Annick Fehrer
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL)
Research period:
2024-01
to 2026-12
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Hemic and lymphatic system disorders, Infections
Clinical and immunological phenotyping, analysis of autoantigens and T and B cell communication
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Birgit Sawitzki
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Clinical characterisation for biomarker discovery
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Helena Radbruch
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Nervous system disorder, Endocrine system dysfunction
Clinical characterisation, integrative morphological and functional studies of organ perfusion and biomarkers in patients with ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Wolfram Doehner
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research, Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system disorder, Nervous system disorder, Nutritional and metabolic system disorder, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Development of Diagnostic Tests to Detect Autoantibodies in CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
EBV, SARS-CoV-2, HSV Mimicry Epitopes and Autoantibodies
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Franziska Sotzny
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Technical University of Munich (TUM),Helmholtz Munich
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction, General
Endothelial Dysfunction and Altered Endothelial Biomarkers in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Milan Haffke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Delbrück Center (MDC),Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Endothelial Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (EndoPAT)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carsten Finke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Endothelial dysfunction in post-infection fatigue syndromes
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria, Germany
Principal investigator:
Francisco Westermeier
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences,Medical University of Vienna,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
2024-07
to 2027-06
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Establishing Immunological Assays for the Diagnostics of ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Annick Fehrer
Organisations:
University Clinic Bonn,Charité – University Medicine Berlin,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Evidence and Effect of Serum Factors in Patients with ME/CFS after COVID-19 on Endothelial Cell Function In Vitro
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Kanchan Dulal
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Extracellular Vesicles from Plasma as Potential Biomarkers for an Improved Diagnosis of Endothelial Dysfunction in ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Diana Boristowski
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
HHV-6 Mediated Mitochondrial Modulation and Its Association to ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Latvia, Germany
Principal investigator:
Bhupesh K. Prusty
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Clinic Erlangen,University of Wuerzburg,University of California San Diego,Riga Stradins University
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Nutritional and metabolic system disorder, General
Handgrip strength as a marker for muscular fatigue and fatigability in ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Bianka Jaekel
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system disorder
Harmonised clinical phenotyping and biological signatures
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Martina Seifert
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research, Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system disorder, Cardiovascular system dysfunction, General
Hyperbaric High Pressure Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Post-COVID Syndrome and ME/​CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2023-07
to 2025-08
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system disorder, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Immune Aberrations in Post-Infectious ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Anna Aschenbrenner
Organisations:
University Clinic Bonn,Charité – University Medicine Berlin,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Immunoadsorption in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Including Patients With Post-COVID-19 CFS (IA-PACS-CFS)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Harald Pruess
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
2023-10
to 2025-02
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Impact of the serum of Post-COVID-Syndrome patients without vs with ME/CFS on endothelial cell function
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Lavinia Flaskamp
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
ME/CFS Registry and Biobank (MECFS-R & MECFS-Bio)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2022-01
to 2024-12
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
General
Methylprednisolone in Patients With Cognitive Deficits in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome (PCS) (PoCoVIT)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Christiana Franke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2023-10
to 2025-03
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Nervous system disorder
Occurence and Characterization of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Berlin Subcohort of the Population-Based NAPKON-POP (COVIDOM) Study
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Lilian Krist
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
General
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) and Non-invasive Dynamic Vessel Analysis (DVA)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carsten Finke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin School of Mind and Brain,Max Delbrück Center (MDC)
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Plasma Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers for Endothelial Dysfunction in ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Martina Seifert
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Repeat Immunoadsorption Post Covid ME/​CFS (RIA)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-01
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Sodium Content in Lower Leg Muscle in Patients with ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Elisabeth Petter
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system disorder, Nutritional and metabolic system disorder
Structural and Functional MRI Studies and Accompanying Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carsten Finke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin School of Mind and Brain,Max Delbrück Center (MDC)
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system disorder, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Study to Investigate Improvement in Physical Function in SF-36 With Vericiguat Compared With Placebo in Participants With Post-COVID-19 Syndrome (VERI-LONG)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Judith Bellmann-Strobl
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Delbrück Center (MDC)
Research period:
2023-02
to 2024-12
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Impact of the serum of Post-COVID-Syndrome patients without vs with ME/CFS on endothelial cell function
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Lavinia Flaskamp
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction

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