NCT06660433

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

imProving Respiratory Outbreak Mitigation Through Point-of-care Testing in Long Term Care (PROMPT-LTC): A Cluster Randomized Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Michael Garron Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
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

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-11
• Primary completion: 2025-05-30
• Completion: 2026-03-31
• First posted: 2024-10-28
• Last updated: 2025-12-02

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada