Clinical trials: Point-of-Care Testing
Meningitis, Meningococcal, Meningococcal Sepsis
Petechiae In Children (PIC) Study: Defining A Clinical Decision Rule for The Management Of Fever and Non-Blanching Rashes In Children Including The Role Of Point Of Care Testing For Procalcitonin & Neisseria Meningitidis DNA.
A fever and a non-blanching rash is a relatively common reason for a child to attend an emergency department. A fever and a non-blanching rash can be an early sign of a life-threatening infection known as meningococcal disease.
- Conditions
- Meningitis, Meningococcal, Meningococcal Sepsis, Meningococcal Disease, Meningococcal Infections
- Trial name
- PIC (NCT03378258)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,329 people
- Sponsor
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Anemia
Validation of Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Measurement Using Optical Method for Anemia Screening Among Adults in Jakarta
Anemia remains a major public health concern and is commonly diagnosed through hemoglobin measurement using capillary or venous blood samples.
- Trial name
- SPECTRO-Hb (NCT07701499)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tarumanagara University
HIV
Operational Assessment of Point-of-Care Diagnostics in Primary Healthcare Clinics
Diagnostic point-of-care (POC) tests are being rapidly developed and implemented in resource-limited settings. There has been a rapid rise of HIV and TB POC tests in South Africa during the last 10-15 years.
- Trial name
- NCT02692274
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 309 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Kids Injury Detection Study Using the i-STAT
KIDS-STAT is a prospective study evaluating whether a rapid blood test measuring the brain injury biomarkers GFAP and UCH-L1 using the i-STAT Alinity system can help identify children with mild traumatic brain injury who do not…
- Conditions
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Head Trauma
- Trial name
- KIDS-STAT (NCT07835919)
- Testing
- i-STAT TBI Cartridge with the i-STAT Alinity System
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Wheezing
PREcision Medicine Directed Corticosteroids In Children With preSchool Wheeze
Young children frequently attend the emergency department (ED) with wheeze which is usually triggered by a virus infection, such as the common cold.
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT06580600)
- Testing
- Point of care respiratory virus testing
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Sepsis
Use of Procalcitonin, a Blood Test to Guide Antibiotic Therapy for Sepsis in Adults
Trial design: Randomised controlled, two-arm, parallel, clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of sequential daily procalcitonin assessments to guide de-escalation of empirical antibiotic therapy in adult patients with…
- Trial name
- PROCALBAN (NCT05955612)
- Testing
- Procalcitonin measurement
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 532 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Hepatitis C, Hepatitis C, Chronic
Enhancing Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Among People Who Inject Drugs Attending Needle and Syringe Programs
This project aims to evaluate two strategies of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing compared to standard of care among people who inject drugs at needle and syringe program (NSP) services in Australia, to see if it can improve the…
- Trial name
- TEMPO (NCT04014179)
- Testing
- Xpert HCV Viral Load Fingerstick, Aptima HCV Quant DX Assay
- Where
- 17 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 1,801 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kirby Institute
Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection, Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infection
Optimizing Antibiotic Prescription in STI Clinics Using Rapid POCT
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) are increasing in France, with a significant proportion of asymptomatic infections.
- Conditions
- Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection, Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infection, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance / Antibiotic Overuse
- Trial name
- OPTIMISE (NCT07884656)
- Testing
- cobas® Liat® CT/NG Point-of-Care Test
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Diagnostic Accuracy of CAD4TB and C-reactive Protein Assay as Triage Tests for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
In the TB TRIAGE+ ACCURACY study, the accuracy of the following products will be determined: CAD4TB (Delft Imaging System, NL), a digital chest x-ray analysis software Afinion CRP assay (Alere Afinion, USA), which detects a…
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Covid-19, HIV
- Trial name
- TB TRIAGE+ (NCT04666311)
- Testing
- Accuracy of CAD4TB and Afinion CRP assay for pulmonary TB, CAD4COVID+WBC and COVID-19 RDT for SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Where
- 2 sites in Lesotho, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people
- Sponsor
- Klaus Reither
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
PCOT for Outpatients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infection at Risk of Severe Disease in Primary Healthcare
This study aims to evaluate the clinical value of point-of-care multiplex PCR testing (POCT) in guiding early diagnosis and target treatment for acute respiratory infections in primary healthcare settings.
- Trial name
- NCT07159230
- Testing
- point-of-care multiplex PCR test
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 16,868 people
- Sponsor
- Capital Medical University
Sepsis
Procalcitonin in Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections in Young Infants
A diagnostic accuracy study investigating the accuracy of procalcitonin in diagnosing invasive bacterial infections in your infants.
- Trial name
- NCT03509727
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
SARS-Cov-2, Covid19
Clinical Evaluation of a Point-of-Care (POC), SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) IgG Antibody Test in Fingerstick Whole Blood
Prospective, multi-center, observational, blinded clinical trial to compare a new point of care (POC) SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody test to a reference SARS-CoV-2 PCR test using fingerstick whole blood.
- Trial name
- NCT04699903
- Testing
- POC SARS-Cov-2 IgG Antibody test
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people
- Sponsor
- Lumos Diagnostics
Anticoagulation With NOAC
Specific PoC Testing of Coagulation in Patients Treated With DOAC 1
The investigators study aims to test the correlation between the Cascade Abrazo point-of-care testing (POCT) device (Helena Laboratories, USA) and plasma levels of apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban and rivaroxaban, and to determine…
- Trial name
- SPOCT-DOAC 1 (NCT02825394)
- Testing
- anti-Xa activity point-of-care testing (aXa-POCT), ecarin clotting time point-of-care testing (ECT-POCT)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Sepsis
Analytical Validation of the abioSCOPE Device With a PSP Test: Point-of-Care Precision, Sample Type Comparison and Sample Stability
Abionic SA has developed a novel point-of-care (POC) platform, the abioSCOPE, and an in vitro diagnostic kit for the quantification of the pancreatic stone protein (PSP) to be analyzed specifically with the abioSCOPE® device.
- Trial name
- AB-PSP-005 (NCT04797117)
- Testing
- blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Limoges
Celiac Disease
ICT Tools for the Diagnosis of Autoimmune Diseases
The ITAMA project, which ended in 03/2022, came from the need to increase/anticipate the number of diagnosed cases of celiac disease (CD).
- Trial name
- ITAMA_CAP (NCT05715970)
- Testing
- PoCT+questionnaire administration
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy, Malta
- Volunteers
- 25,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Palermo
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infection, Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection
Outcomes From Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing in an Urban Sexual Health Clinic: A Randomized Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impact of a point-of-care test for gonorrhea and chlamydia in people without symptoms who are seeking sexually transmitted infection testing.
- Trial name
- NCT07399873
- Testing
- Point-of-care assay for chlamydia and gonorrhea, Laboratory-based chlamydia and gonorrhea NAAT, CRISPR-based assay
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Influenza, COVID-19
Routine Application of Point-of-care PCR Test to Identify and Direct Therapy for Acute Respiratory Infection in the Emergency Department Trial
The RAPID-ARIED Trial is a pragmatic, single-centre, parallel group, open-label, randomised controlled trial to be conducted in the Accident and Emergency Department of Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong.
- Conditions
- Influenza, COVID-19, Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs)
- Trial name
- RAPID-ARIED (NCT06780566)
- Testing
- Point-of-care PCR testing for respiratory viruses, Laboratory PCR testing for respiratory viruses
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,050 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Heart Failure
Uppsala Self-SCREENing of Heart Failure Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether a stepwise multimodal home-based screening strategy with rapid point-of-care testing can detect undiagnosed heart failure (HF) in high-risk patients compared to usual…
- Trial name
- U-SCREEN-HF (NCT06940544)
- Testing
- Stepwise Multimodal Home-Based HF Screening
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Chronic Periodontitis, Intensive Care Unit
Chronic Periodontitis in Critically Ill Patients: Diagnosis and Epidemiology
This study evaluates the diagnostic performances of Point of Care P. gingivalis test in saliva with serum IgG P. gingivalis, in reference to dental examination as a gold standard in patients hospitalised in intensive care unit…
- Trial name
- CP-ICU (NCT02672384)
- Testing
- Dental examination and a point of care P. gingivalis test (Denka Seiken Co (Japan) )
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Validation, Biosensors
Validation of New G6PD Point of Care Tests Against Gold Standard Quantitative
This is a laboratory research to evaluate performances of quantitative POC G6PD tests (Biosensors) against gold standard quantitative laboratory based tests and genotyping.
- Conditions
- Validation, Biosensors, Genotyping
- Trial name
- Biosensors (NCT02625285)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford