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Assessing Testing Strategies for Safe Return to K-12 Schools in an Underserved Population

NCT04875520 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1390

Last updated 2026-06-29

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Summary

The primary goal of this study is to determine the most effective SARS-CoV-2 testing strategy for successful return of in-person school in the under-served communities of St. Louis.

Regular screening testing has been recommended by the CDC as an additive mitigation strategy for in-person schools in areas of high community transmission. We will compare the effectiveness and acceptance of two different school-based testing strategies among students and school staff (symptomatic testing only versus weekly surveillance testing plus symptomatic testing), measuring school-based SARS-CoV-2 transmission through a cluster randomized trial.

Conditions

  • Covid19

Interventions

OTHER

Screening testing strategy

The intervention we are evaluating is the use of weekly screening testing among students and staff.

OTHER

No screening testing strategy

a group of schools will not receive screening testing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jason G. Newland, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-07
Primary Completion
2023-05-31
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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