NCT06668883

Novel Exhaled Breath Aerosol Collection Devices in Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infection - a Performance and Acceptability Study

Novel Exhaled Breath Aerosol Collection Devices in Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infection - a Performance and Acceptability Study (Acronym: AeroCAP)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Avelo AG · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will assess the performance of two novel breath collection devices and their subsequent detection of respiratory pathogens compared to sputum samples in patients with lower respiratory tract infections.

Conditions

• Pneumonia
• Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Sputum collection for molecular analysis	Sputum collection to be used with syndromic multiplex PCR testing
DEVICE	Breath and cough collection for molecular analysis	Breath and cough collection with two proprietary devices to be used with syndromic multiplex PCR testing

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-13
• Primary completion: 2025-05-21
• Completion: 2025-05-21
• First posted: 2024-11-01
• Last updated: 2025-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland