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Respiratory Outbreak Mitigation in Long-Term Care Using Point-of-Care Testing

NCT06660433 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2025-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Outbreaks of seasonal respiratory viruses can spread rapidly in long-term care homes. Timely results for diagnostic tests remains a challenge for respiratory viruses due to the logistics of using a reference laboratory with delays leading to missed opportunities to implement virus-specific control measures to interrupt transmission resulting in larger outbreaks. Use of a point-of-care testing platform is a potential solution that provides faster results, but it is uncertain whether this translates into benefits for long-term care residents. This trial aims to assess whether rapid test results for respiratory pathogens (Influenza, Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus) can impact the number and size of respiratory virus outbreaks in long-term care homes.

Conditions

  • Outbreaks

Interventions

DEVICE

Point-of-care respiratory test platform

A point-of-care respiratory multiplex testing platform situated within a long-term care facility to provide rapid test results

OTHER

Existing respiratory virus testing platform

Currently used respiratory virus testing platforms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    collaborator OTHER

  • Humber River Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Michael Garron Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-11
Primary Completion
2025-05-30
Completion
2026-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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