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Diagnostic Test

Daily active screening and self-collected nasal swab for Coronavirus

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 8 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test 4 different ways of screening for COVID-19 in people living in homeless shelters, to see which is most effective at detecting the virus.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~8 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 8 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
COVID-19 Detection Rate
Secondary outcome measures
Enrollment over time
Number of outbreaks

Trial Design

4Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: Daily active screening and self-collected oral-nasal swabExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: Daily active screening and self-collected nasal swabExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group III: Daily active screening and nurse collected nasopharyngeal swabExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group IV: Daily active screening onlyPlacebo Group1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Timothy O'SheaUNKNOWN
Marek SmiejaUNKNOWN
Lawrence MbuagbawUNKNOWN

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
COVID Screening Strategies in Homeless Shelters
Marek Smieja 2020. "COVID Screening Strategies in Homeless Shelters". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04438070.
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