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Rapid Turnaround, Home-based Saliva Testing for COVID-19
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT04568122
Purpose
The aim of the study is to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of a saliva based home surveillance monitoring test for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Participants will be asked to carry out as many tests as are included in the bag they are provided, on a daily basis until they are used up.
Official Title
Rapid Turnaround, Home-based Saliva Testing for COVID-19
Stanford Investigator(s)
Euan A. Ashley
Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor of Genomics and Precision Health, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine and Professor of Genetics, of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Pathology
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
* Hospitalized patients
* Hospitalized at Stanford Health Care for COVID-related complications and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 with a PCR-based test
* Able to understand and consent to study and with a clinical trajectory likely to be consistent with multi-day participation
* High-risk/positive population
* Seeking testing for suspected COVID or a participant in a study of COVID-positive outpatients
* Own an internet-enabled phone or device capable of loading web pages, receiving text messages, and taking/uploading photos.
* Willing to participate in the study for 6 months
* Low-risk population
* Own an internet-enabled phone or device capable of loading web pages, receiving text messages, and taking/uploading photos.
* Willing to participate in the study for 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
* All participants:
* Participants with salivary gland dysfunction (including patients with Sjogren's disease or those with xerostomia associated with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis)
* Participants will not be eligible if they identify any reason they are unable to participate in the study
* High-risk/positive population
* Participants who have color blindness
* Participants unable to operate the SnapDx device
* Low-risk population
* Participants with prior confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection
* Participants who have color blindness
* Participants unable to operate the SnapDx device
Intervention(s):
device: Saliva test kit
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Study Team
650-374-0085