Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT05898529
COVID Infection in Pediatric Surgical Patient
Prevalence of Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection in Pediatric Surgical Patients
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 350 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 2 Years – 17 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Children infected with COVID-19 are mostly asymptomatic. There is a dearth of data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the pediatric population. This is a prospective observational clinical study of pediatric surgical patients. COVID-19 rapid antigen testing will be performed on pediatric patients.
Detailed description
Children infected with COVID-19 are mostly asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. Children may spread COVID-19 to the elderly, vulnerable patients and medical staff. There is a dearth of data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the pediatric surgical population. Rapid antigen detection tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19 are reliable, simple, fast, and inexpensive. This is a prospective observational clinical study. The study population will include all consenting pediatric surgical patients, aged 2-17 years. Informed consent will be obtained from each patient and the legal guardian who agree to participate in the study. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens will be collected from anesthetized pediatric patients. COVID-19 rapid antigen testing will be performed according to the equipment manufacturer's instructions. Data collection will include COVID-19 test result, nasal swab complication, patient demographics, surgical history, medical history, regular medications, COVID-19 symptoms, and COVID-19 exposure information. COVID-19 symptoms that will be recorded are cough, wheeze, nasal congestion, breathing difficulty, new loss of taste or smell, fever, chills, rigors, body aches, sore throat, nausea, and fatigue. COVID-19 exposure will be considered as being within 6 feet of a person with diagnosed COVID-19 infection in the previous 14 days.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Rapid antigen test | COVID-19 rapid antigen testing of nasal swab |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-12-31
- Completion
- 2025-12-31
- First posted
- 2023-06-12
- Last updated
- 2025-01-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05898529. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.