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School Inner City Air Study

NCT05953233 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2025-12-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) cleaners in reducing respiratory viral exposure and infections in elementary school classrooms. Classrooms will be randomized to active vs. sham HEPA cleaners. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do classroom HEPA cleaners reduce exposure to viruses?
* Do classroom HEPA cleaners reduce student and teacher infections?
* Do classroom HEPA cleaners reduce infections in family members?

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Sham classroom HEPA cleaner

Commercially available portable HEPA cleaner with filtration device removed

OTHER

Active classroom HEPA cleaner

Commercially available portable HEPA cleaner

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-15
Primary Completion
2029-08-31
Completion
2030-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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