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Comparison of Nylon Flocked Swabs and Saline Aspirates for Detection Respiratory Viruses

NCT00613184 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2008-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Collection of nasal secretions from infants and toddlers for viral testing is usually done using the nasal washing technique described by Hall in 1975. This is cumbersome. Previous attempts to use swabs have been unsuccessful because the swabs didn't work well. A newly designed swab may work better and in this study we compare the new swab with the old style nasal washing.

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Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Nylon Flocked swab (Nasal secretion sampling)

Nasal Aspirate Nylon Flocked swab

DEVICE

Nylon Flocked swab (Nasal secretion sampling)

Nylon flocked swab Nasal Wash

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Copan Innovation Murrietta, CA

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Kern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Walsh, MD · Kern Medical Center & David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-11-30
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

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