The goal of this observational study is to assess the clinical response and the effect ofautophagy function in patients before, during and throughout oral low dose sirolimus(rapamycin) therapy. The main questions this study aims to answer are: - Does rapamycin reduce the overall symptom burden in this patient population and does it improve the quality of life? - Does rapamycin change mTOR driven autophagy deficits observed in a subset of patients?Participants will be asked to complete a series of questionnaires and quality of lifeinstruments before starting rapamycin therapy prescribed by their physician andthroughout their course of treatment. Study blood samples will be collected beforestarting therapy and throughout the course of treatment to assess serological markers ofautophagy function.
Not Provided
Drug: Rapamycin
Once weekly oral rapamycin
Other Name: Sirolimus,Rapamune
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of ME/CFS that meets the Institute of Medicine (IOM) criteria
- Diagnosis of Long-COVID (PASC clinical criteria)
Exclusion Criteria:
- No diagnosis of ME/CFS or Long-COVID
Center For Complex Diseases
Palo Alto 5380748, California 5332921, United States
The Mayo Clinic
Rochester 5043473, Minnesota 5037779, United States
Sierra Internal Medicine
Incline Village 5505963, Nevada 5509151, United States
Bateman Horne Center
Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030, United States
Center For Complex Diseases
Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135, United States
Gunnar Gottschalk, PhD, Principal Investigator
Simmaron Research Inc.