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Trial participants were randomized, and a subset enrolled into the prespecified substudy.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Intervention<\/jats:title>\n Participants were randomized 2:1 to receive oral nirmatrelvir (300 mg) and ritonavir (100 mg) or placebo-ritonavir twice daily for 15 days. Substudy participants were provided with a smartwatch and asked to wear it for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the 15-week study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n Mean changes in digital biometric measures in physical activity, heart rate, and oxygen saturation tracked by a smartwatch. Biometric measures were summarized by treatment arm for each of 5 different time frames: baseline, treatment period, and 3 subsequent time intervals. Summary measure trajectories were clustered and demographics and clinical characteristics were compared among clusters using absolute standardized differences expressed in units of SDs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Of the 94 participants enrolled in the substudy, 50 (37 in nirmatrelvir-ritonavir and 13 in placebo-ritonavir) met the analysis eligibility criteria based on wear time and data completeness. These participants had a mean (SD) age of 42.7 (13.2) years and included 29 females (58.0%). Using mixed models for repeated measures, no significant differences were detected between the intervention arms in the change in biometric measures over time, consistent with the patient-reported outcomes in the STOP-PASC trial. In the overall substudy cohort, latent class mixed models and cluster analysis identified distinct longitudinal trajectories of long COVID over the 15-week study that tracked with different symptoms. Participants with lower daytime physical activity reported more severe fatigue (9 of 9 [100%] vs 21 of 23 [91.3%]; absolute standardized difference [ASD], 0.30), shortness of breath (9 of 9 [100%] vs 7 of 23 [30.4%]; ASD, 1.31), and cardiovascular symptoms (8 of 9 [88.9%] vs 12 of 23 [52.2%]; ASD, 0.70). Those with higher nighttime physical activity reported more gastrointestinal symptoms (2 of 3 [66.7%] vs 11 of 35 [31.4%]; ASD, 0.50). Additionally, participants with higher median daytime heart rates reported less fatigue (7 of 9 [77.8%] vs 39 of 40 [97.5%]; ASD, 0.63) and shortness of breath (3 of 9 [33.3%] vs 23 of 40 [57.5%]; ASD, 0.50) compared with those with lower heart rates.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n This secondary analysis identified distinct longitudinal trajectories of physiological and behavioral digital biometric measures captured from wearable devices that reflect the heterogeneity and track with different symptoms of long COVID. 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