Pooled testing for COVID
Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/026005
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Centre for Biological Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
samples of nasopharyngeal swabs submitted for COVID testing to each of the participating centres as per current testing guidelines
Exclusion Criteria
nil
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is the sensitivity and specificity of combinatorial tapestry <br/ ><br>pooling technique as compared to individual testing, across various prevalence rates and degrees of pooling.Timepoint: baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cost per individual for each of the three types of testing (for negative and positive tests) at different <br/ ><br>levels of poolingTimepoint: baseline;The sensitivity and specificity of each level of combinatorial tapestry pooling as compared to simple pooling at the same level.Timepoint: baseline;The sensitivity and specificity of the simple pooled technique as compared to individual technique, <br/ ><br>across various prevalence rates and degrees of poolingTimepoint: baseline