Rapidly applicable surveillance process for COVID-19 in day care centers with dual swabs 2

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: U07.1; COVID-19, virus identified

• Registration Number: DRKS00024117
• Lead Sponsor: Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

All children and staff members of the included daycare group are invited to participate voluntarily.

Exclusion Criteria

Children who do not have a declaration of consent from their legal guardians are excluded, as are children for whom it is not possible to take a swab sample from the mouth or anus due to an existing illness, or if the child refuses the examination. Employees whose declaration of consent is not available are excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Semiquantitative viral load (Ct value) of SARS-CoV-2 in a pool of buccal and anal swabs (dual swab) is determined by RT-PCR 1x weekly for 4 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
At the end of the study, questionnaires will be administered to study participants or their guardians, primarily to determine whether SARS-CoV-2 infections were known to have occurred in study participants during or in the four weeks prior to study entry.