Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Validation of New Injection Molded Flocked Nasopharyngeal Swabs in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lead Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Conditions:

COVID19

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 99 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in an international shortage of the nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs used to collect sample for virological testing. This shortage has become a crisis as testing capacity...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Individuals presenting to the site for clinical care will be evaluated for clinical screening for Covid-19 testing or other respiratory infection testing.
  • Individuals felt identified clinically as needing Covid-19 testing may be approached for study participation.
  • Individuals already under clinical care that have tested positive for Covid-19 will be approached for study participation.
  • Volunteer health care workers who have approached the Principal Investigator

Exclusion

  • Known thrombocytopenia of \<50,000 platelets/μl (risk of mild bleeding).
  • Individuals presenting with an anatomically altered nasal cavity.
  • Pregnant (self-reported)
  • No other patients will be specifically excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 24 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04368260

Start Date

April 24 2020

End Date

August 1 2020

Last Update

February 17 2022

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University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903