Status:

TERMINATED

Screening of Cancer Patients to Assess Impact of COVID-19

Lead Sponsor:

University Health Network, Toronto

Conditions:

Covid-19

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID -19 in the cancer patient population. This will be done by looking at the rate of asymptomatic COVID-19 infection in cancer patients rec...

Detailed Description

Given increasing community transmission and the possibility of asymptomatic carriage of virus, it is important to study whether asymptomatic shedders of virus are playing a role in propagating the pan...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients having an active malignancy who are planned to start therapy within 6 weeks of consent or are receiving a treatment for active malignancy.
  • The patient falls under either of the following categories:
  • Asymptomatic for COVID-19 (as per daily screening at the hospital entrance).
  • Has symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 (e.g. fever or flu-like symptoms such as cough or shortness of breath) that are assessed by the overseeing Investigator as being related to disease and unrelated to COVID-19 infection.
  • Note: Patients who recovered from previous COVID-19 infection will be eligible.
  • No contraindication to performing a NP swab and blood work.

Exclusion

  • Any patients with fever, or flu-like symptoms assessed by the Investigator to be related or potentially related to COVID-19 infection will not be eligible.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 3-4

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 11 2020

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 6 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

83 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04373005

Start Date

May 11 2020

End Date

October 6 2022

Last Update

December 3 2025

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1Z5