Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04247243
Rapid POC GAS Diagnostics in the Paediatric ED
Streamlining Care Delivery in the Paediatric Emergency Department Using Rapid Point-of-care Diagnostics for Group a Streptococcus: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 392 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 3 Years – 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Randomized trial evaluating effectiveness of rapid point-of-care molecular GAS diagnostics as compared to standard culture-based techniques for the management of children aged 3-18 years of age presenting with sore throat to McMaster Children's Hospital Emergency Department.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Rapid testing | Abbott ID NOW Strep A testing |
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Reference testing | Culture-based testing |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2021-01-04
- Primary completion
- 2024-03-25
- Completion
- 2024-04-04
- First posted
- 2020-01-30
- Last updated
- 2024-10-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Regulatory
- FDA-regulated device study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04247243. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.