A New Screening Strategy for 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection

February 21, 2020 updated by: Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences

Identification of a New Screening Strategy for 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection

Since Dec 2019, over 70000 novel coronavirus infection pneumonia (NCIP) patients were confirmed. 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV) is a RNA virus, which spread mainly from person-to-person contact. Most of the symptoms are non-specific, including fever, fatigue, dry cough. Sever NCIP patients may have shortness of breath and dyspnea, and progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). The mortality is reported to be around 2.3%. Thus, early detection and early treatment is very important to the improvement of NCIP patients' prognosis. At present, NCIP RNA detection of pharyngeal swab specimen by RT-PCR is recommended. However, due to the universal susceptibility to 2019 nCoV in general population and limited number of NCIP RNA detection kits available, to identify an efficient screening strategy is urgently needed. This study aim to develop and validate the diagnostic accuracy and screening efficiency of a new NCIP screening strategy, which can benefit the disease prevention and control.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This clinical trial is designed to compare the screen accuracy and efficiency of two screening strategies. Considering that the general population is susceptible to 2019 nCoV, a great number of people need to be screened for NCIP. The new screening strategy of minipool testing may not only obtain a comparable accuracy to the standard individual testing, but also save time and money, which may benefit the current clinical practice.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

230

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • China
    • Beijing
      • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100071
        • The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Who agree to participate in the study and sign written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Confirmed NCIP patients

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Screening participants
Diagnostic test: Standard screening strategy
The pharyngeal swab specimen was obtained and sent for NCIP RNA detection by individual testing.
Diagnostic test: New screening strategy
The pharyngeal swab specimen was obtained and sent for NCIP RNA detection by minipool testing.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Screening accuracy
Time Frame: 1 month
The screening accuracy of the two screening strategies were calculated and compared.
1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Time Frame: 1 month
The costs of the two screening strategies were recorded. Cost-effectiveness analysis were performed and compared.
1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences

Collaborators

Beijing 302 Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Yan Liu, Beijing 302 Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

February 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 20, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 21, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

February 24, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 24, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 21, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 307-nCoV

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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