Impact of Swab Site and Sample Collector on Testing Sensitivity for COVID-19 Virus in Symptomatic Individuals

Completed

Conditions studied: Infections, Respiratory, Fever, Cough

In brief

Operational project to compare clinician collected nasopharyngeal (NP) samples to patient-obtained tongue, nasal and mid-turbinate (MT) samples in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in an outpatient clinic setting

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04321369

Run by

UnitedHealth Group

People needed

530

Starts

2020-03-09

Expected to finish

2020-03-23

Last updated by the study team

2022-05-04

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to consent and agree to participate in the project after discussing the project
• Coming to The Everett Clinic during the operational project duration
• Evidence of upper respiratory symptoms suggesting higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

You may not qualify if…

• Not able to demonstrate understanding of the study
• Not willing to commit to having all four samples collected
• Medical history evidencing any of the following
• Active nosebleed in the past 24 hours
• Nasal surgery in the past two weeks
• Chemotherapy treatment with low platelet and low white blood cell counts
• Acute facial trauma

Where it is running

• Everett Clinic — Seattle, Washington, United States

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