PREDICT: A PBRN Feasibility Study on COVID-19 Screening in Dental Practice

Summary

The study team will conduct a feasibility study to develop and test out procedures for improved triage and COVID-19 testing in dental practices to increase safety and perceptions of the safety of Dental Health Care Workers (DHCW) and their patients. DHCWs in offices with Practice-Based Regional Network (PBRN) members and their patients will be recruited to participate in one of two protocols. The first, point-of-care (POC), will test out procedures for point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing in the dental office along with enhanced triage using pulse oximeters. The second, laboratory (LAB), will test out procedures for a saliva-based laboratory SARS-CoV-2 viral test along with enhanced triage. The feasibility of implementing COVID-related testing and enhanced triage procedures in the dental setting will provide preliminary data to inform a larger network-wide study grant application.

Conditions

• COVID-19 Infection

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

COVID-19 Testing

Testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

  collaborator NIH

• The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

  collaborator NETWORK

• Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Rochester

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Illinois at Chicago

  collaborator OTHER

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Cecile Feldman, DMD · Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

• Janine Fredericks-Younger, DMD · Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

• Modupe Coker, PhD · Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

• Daniel Fine, DMD · Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

• Gayathri Subramanian, DMD · Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

• Maria Gennaro, PhD · Rutgers University

• Cyril Meyerowitz, DDS · University of Rochester

• Veerasathpurush Allareddy, PhD · University of Illinois at Chicago

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-12-13

Primary Completion

2022-10-31

Completion

2022-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations