A Human Clinical Study to Collect Calibration and Performance Data for the RBA-2 Device

April 20, 2020 updated by: Kaligia Biosciences, LLC
The current available diagnostic methods used for the detection of COVID-19 takes up to 4 hours. In some cases, these diagnostics tests make take up to a couple of days. As it is highly contagious, people who are in close contact with the infected person are at high risk of being infected. COVID-19 is transmitted through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The desire for rapid detection of COVID-19 has become an immediate necessity. The purpose of Kaligia Biosciences' saliva monitoring device (RBA-2) is to detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus in human saliva. The RBA-2 uses Raman Spectros-copy to detect the coronavirus. Once the sample is scanned successfully, the spectra contains the response of the component present in human saliva and provide results in a matter of minutes, rather than hours or days.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to calibrate the performance of RBA-2 using people by comparing the results against a standard diagnostics test. The objective of this study is to collect non-invasive in vivo saliva from confirmed cases of both infected and non-infected COVID-19 patients or site staff at the testing site and compare the test results using the RBA-2 against the standard test results used for diagnosis.

The comparison of the results obtained from the current testing methods will be used to calibrate machine learning algorithms of the RBA-2.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

300

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606
        • Tampa General Hospital
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
        • University of South Florida
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33613
        • AdventHealth Tampa

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants will be recruited from patients and study staff at the testing site who have been flagged for COVID-19 testing or who are being treated for COVID-19.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants can be patients or staff members at the testing site.

Potential participants may be enrolled if:

  1. They are identified as requiring a standard diagnostic test for COVID-19 or are being treated after testing positive for COVID-19;
  2. They are age ≥ 18 years old;
  3. They are willing and able to provide verbal informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients receiving active treatment with antivirals, chloroquine or immune modulators.

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Covid +
Laboratory obtained Covid+ specimen results will be compared to saliva specimen
Diagnostic test: RBA-2
Collection of non-invasive in vivo saliva from confirmed cases of both infected and non-infected COVID-19 patients or site staff at the testing site and compare the test results using the RBA-2 against the standard test results used for diagnosis.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Covid +
Time Frame: 10 days
The comparison of the results obtained from the current testing methods will be used to calibrate machine learning algorithms of the RBA-2
10 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Kaligia Biosciences, LLC

Collaborators

University of South Florida

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)

April 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

August 1, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 20, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

April 22, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 22, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2020

Last Verified

April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KBS005

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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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