COVID-19 Risk From Attending Outpatient Radiology Appointments

NCT04544176 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 20NS031
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 48,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

By using recent data on hospital attendance and COVID-19 laboratory tests, available within two NHS trusts in Nottingham and Cardiff we will enable the calculation of the risk of developing COVID-19 infection after attending an outpatient hospital appointment. This will assist in the restart planning when resuming face to face outpatient radiology appointment.

Conditions

Covid19

Keywords

Radiology; Outpatient; Hospital

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• A microbiological diagnosis of COVID infection.

  Information will be collected on patients who receive a positive or negative COVID-19 test.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Exposed Cohort

This group will include patients attending radiology outpatient appointments in 2020 in our period of interest from the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, who were subsequently tested for SARS-COV2 within 28-days of their attendance.

Other: Observational

Unexposed Cohort

This group will form the control group and comprises all individuals who attended radiological appointments during the same period for each hospital in 2019 but not 2020.

Other: Observational

Interventions

Observational OTHER

There will be no interventions in this study, it is purely observational using data already collected.

Exposed Cohort; Unexposed Cohort

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All individuals attending outpatient clinics will be included for analysis, this is anticipated this to be in excess of 30,000 patients at NUH and around 17,000 patients at Cardiff. To ensure a substantive number of patients are included for analysis and comparison across the UK, 2 large hospitals (Nottingham University Hospitals and Cardiff University Hospitals) will be participating in this study.

You may qualify if:

• Exposed Cohort: outpatient radiology attendance at NUH between 29/1/20 - 24/5/20 or at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff between 7/3/20 - 11/5/20.
• Unexposed Cohort: outpatient attendance outpatient attendance at NUH between 29/1/19 - 24/5/19 or at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff between 7/3/19 - 11/5/19.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who had an inpatient stay in the previous 28-days but excluding the 2 days prior to the SARS-COV2 test Radiological examinations that were part of an inpatient stay were not considered

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: lead
• University Hospital of Wales: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Nottingham University Hospitals, NHS Trust

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Watchful Waiting

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration

Study Officials

• Nikos Evangelou, FRCP, DPhil (Oxon)

  University of Nottingham

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 9, 2020
• First Posted: September 10, 2020
• Study Start: January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2020
• Study Completion: January 1, 2021
• Last Updated: February 12, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Locations

GB (1)