COVID Screening Strategies in Homeless Shelters
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interventional
400
1 country
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Brief Summary
Residents in homeless shelters will be randomized to 4 different COVID-19 screening strategies with the primary outcome being COVID-19 detection rate.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable covid19
Started Apr 2020
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable covid19
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 10, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 17, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 18, 2020
CompletedJune 18, 2020
June 1, 2020
2 months
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
COVID-19 Detection Rate
8 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Number of outbreaks
8 weeks
Enrollment over time
8 weeks
Study Arms (4)
Daily active screening only
PLACEBO COMPARATORDaily active screening and self-collected nasal swab
EXPERIMENTALDaily active screening and self-collected oral-nasal swab
EXPERIMENTALDaily active screening and nurse collected nasopharyngeal swab
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Nasal, Oral-Nasal combined or Nasopharyngeal swab
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age greater than or equal to 18
- Able to provide oral consent
- Able to perform a self-collected swab if in the relevant intervention arm
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamiltonlead
- Timothy O'Sheacollaborator
- Marek Smiejacollaborator
- Lawrence Mbuagbawcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Various Homeless Shelters
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Related Publications (2)
Mokashi V, Gilchrist J, Smieja N, Maciejewski J, Marttala S, Beal K, Mbuagbaw L, Bulir D, Smieja M, O'Shea T. Four COVID-19 screening strategies for early case identification within the homeless shelter population: a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 28;24(1):1478. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-10148-y.
PMID: 39732649DERIVEDO'Shea T, Mbuagbaw L, Mokashi V, Bulir D, Gilchrist J, Smieja N, Chong S, Marttala S, Vera V, Cvetkovic A, Smieja M. Comparison of four COVID-19 screening strategies to facilitate early case identification within the homeless shelter population: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Nov 23;21(1):941. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04890-2.
PMID: 33225995DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SCREENING
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 17, 2020
First Posted
June 18, 2020
Study Start
April 10, 2020
Primary Completion
June 1, 2020
Study Completion
June 1, 2020
Last Updated
June 18, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-06