School Inner City Air Study
Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Viral Infection
In brief
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) cleaners in reducing respiratory viral exposure and infections in elementary school classrooms. Classrooms will be randomized to active vs. sham HEPA cleaners. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do classroom HEPA cleaners reduce exposure to viruses? * Do classroom HEPA cleaners reduce student and teacher infections? * Do classroom HEPA cleaners reduce infections in family members?
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05953233
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2024-09-15
- Expected to finish
- 2030-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-12-11
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children
- Grades K-5 (age 6-12 years)
- Attend one of the schools that the study team has permission to obtain classroom/school environmental samples
- Have no plans to move schools within the upcoming 12 months
- Subject and/or parent guardian must be able to understand and provide informed consent and also willing to participate in the study
- Adults
- Adult (age 21 or older) parent, caretaker, or household member of child participating in this study, or teacher in classroom participating in study
- Able to understand and provide informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- Children
- Contraindication to or inability to participate in home self-collection of nasal swab samples
- Severe chronic diseases (e.g. cancer, genetic or congenital disorders interfering with mobility)
- Severe neurobehavioral, neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders requiring special assistance
- Families who do not speak English or Spanish well enough to complete the survey questions, as validated versions in other languages are not available for all of the measures
- Adults
- Contraindication to or inability to participate in home self-collection of nasal swab samples
- Severe chronic diseases (e.g. cancer, genetic or congenital disorders interfering with mobility)
- Severe neurobehavioral, neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders requiring special assistance
- Families who do not speak English or Spanish well enough to complete the survey questions, as validated versions in other languages are not available for all of the measures
Where it is running
- Mass General Brigham — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
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