Clinical trials: Swabs
HPV
Self-Collected Swabs for Primary Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Screening
In this study, the investigators will assess whether implementing a self-swab protocol for primary Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) testing is an effective method to increase cervical cancer screening in a sample of unscreened women…
- Trial name
- NCT05989464
- Testing
- Self-swab for genital HPV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Multi Drug Resistant Department, Multi Drug Resistant Bacteria
Testing Carriage of Resistant Bacteria Using Swabs on Surfaces and Staff in a Complex Nursing Unit for Patients with Resistant Bacteria
Impact of Care Team and Surfaces on the Spread of Resistant Bacteria in a Specialized Complex Nursing Unit for MDR Pathogen Carriers Background Multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria present a severe clinical and epidemiological…
- Trial name
- NCT06696144
- Testing
- Skin swabs for multi drug resistant bacteria
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shmuel Harofeh Hospital, Geriatric Medical Center
Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal, Recurrent Candidiasis of Vagina
Fluconazol Versus Medical Honey in the Treatment of Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of Flucanzol versus L-mesitran in the treatment of patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. The investigator will look at vaginal swabs after 1, 6 and 12 months.
- Trial name
- NCT04626258
- Testing
- Fluconazole, L-Mesitran
- Volunteers
- 252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
COVID-19
Home Usability Study of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Test
The primary objective is to determine the usability of the SARS-CoV-2 Specimen Collection Materials for at-home collection and mailing of sample to the testing laboratory.
- Trial name
- NCT04395391
- Testing
- SARS-CoV-2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Exact Sciences Corporation
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), Gonorrhea
Assessing Acceptability and Feasibiity of STI Self-swab Testing, to be Offered at the Time of Telemed Medication Abortion Provision
The goal of this interventional study is to provide more access to STI testing for patients who seek abortion care through telemedicine, particularly for those whose access to STI testing is otherwise limited.
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Trichomonas Infection
- Trial name
- STAMP (NCT06951438)
- Testing
- Self-swab collection PCR test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomonas
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's Medical Center
Suspect NPC Patients, NPC Multiplex Families
Reproducibility and Reliability of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA/RNA Measures in Nasopharyngeal Swabs
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a virus-associated cancer that is rare among Caucasians but occurs at an elevated rate among Southern Asians.
- Trial name
- NCT01972815
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Common Cold
Nasal Swab Study to Explore the Nasal Microbia
The objective of this study is to evaluate the microbial consortia and the host inflammatory factors present in the nasal passages of patients during upper respiratory symptomology and when healthy using culture and molecular…
- Trial name
- NCT02535442
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Respiratory Viral Infection
Respiferon Project
Respiratory viral infections (RVIs) represent a major public health problem and a great burden in terms of morbidity and mortality in children and adults worldwide.
- Trial name
- Respiferon (NCT06017310)
- Testing
- Evaluate the performance of IFN I/III
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
COVID-19 Pandemic
Diagnostic Accuracy of Self-sampling Versus Healthcare Sampling for Coronavirus-Disease-2019 Detection.
The current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a worldwide health emergency. To contain the spread of disease, high demands on testing availability and capacity are observed.
- Trial name
- COVID-19 (NCT05209178)
- Testing
- Collection of nasal and oropharyngeal specimen for COVID19 antigen test
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 3,070 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Human Papillomavirus Infection
Randomized Comparison of Vaginal Self Sampling for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing by Standard Versus Dry Vaginal Swabs
Human papillomavirus (HPV) assays are likely to be used in cervical cancer screening. Our objective is to simplify the method of collection of female genital tract specimens by determining if vaginal dry swabs are as accurate as…
- Trial name
- HPVDry (NCT01316120)
- Testing
- Compare different self-obtained specimen for HPV identification
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Telemedicine, Pharynx
Telemedically Assisted Sampling of COVID-19 Patients - Is the Sampling Quality Sufficient
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) pandemic has resulted in more than 3.8 billion registered tests, 275 million positive cases, and 5 million deaths worldwide.
- Conditions
- Telemedicine, Pharynx, COVID-19
- Trial name
- NCT05386407
- Testing
- telemedically guided oropharyngeal + nasal (OP+N) self-sampling (GSS) and nasopharyngeal (NP) or OP+N sampling performed by health care professionals (HCP)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teststation Praxis Dr. med Bielecki
Anxiety, Fear
The Effect Of Distraction Methods On Fear And Anxiety In Children Before The Covid 19 Test
Aim: This research will be carried out to determine the effect of distracting methods on fear and anxiety in children before the COVID test.
- Trial name
- NCT05481203
- Testing
- The Kaleidescope, The visual illusion cards
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
Healthy
Detection of Probiotic Strains in Vaginal Swabs Collected From Healthy Women
The aim of this trial is to detect the presence of various probiotic strains in vaginal swabs of healthy women orally consuming a probiotic supplement for 4 weeks.
- Trial name
- VSS (NCT04719611)
- Testing
- Probiotic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lallemand Health Solutions
Cervical Cancer, Cervical Dysplasia
HPVPro Study: Comparison of HPV Detection in Clinician-collected Cervical Swabs and Self-sampled Cervicovaginal Swabs
Comparison of the detection of human papillomavirus DNA in paired physician-obtained cervical swabs and self-sampled cervicovaginal swabs and evaluation of HPV prevalence in Czech women screening population.
- Conditions
- Cervical Cancer, Cervical Dysplasia, Human Papillomavirus Infection
- Trial name
- HPVPro (NCT04133610)
- Testing
- Self-sampling using digene HC2 DNA Collection Device, Self-sampling using Evalyn Brush
- Where
- 3 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 1,044 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Czech Republic
Trichomonas Vaginalis
Female Urine, Vaginal & Endocervical Swab & Cervical Specimen Collections for APTIMA Trichomonas Vaginalis Assay Testing
The objective of this study is to obtain female first-catch urine, vaginal swab, endocervical swab, and cervical specimens collected in PreservCyt Solution ("PreservCyt Specimens") for testing with the APTIMA Trichomonas…
- Trial name
- NCT01427023
- Testing
- APTIMA Trichomonas vaginalis (ATV) Assay
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 532 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gen-Probe, Incorporated
Covid19
Serological Profile of Children and Young Adolescents With at Least One COVID-19 Diagnosed Family Member
Use of rapid serological tests to assess the vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection of subjects aged 4-16 years old and cohabiting with at least one family member who tested positive to SARS-CoV-2
- Trial name
- NCT04649944
- Testing
- Serological test and phone interview
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milan
Pregnancy, GBS
Clinical Evaluation of the ARIES Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Assay
The ARIES GBS Assay is a real-time PCR based qualitative test designed to detect Group B Streptococcus (GBS) nucleic acid from Lim Broth enriched vaginal-rectal specimen swabs obtained from pregnant women between 35 - 37 weeks…
- Trial name
- NCT02497430
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 918 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Luminex Corporation
Human Papilloma Virus, Human Papilloma Virus Related Cervical Carcinoma
Validation of Vaginal Self-Sampling With the Abbott Multi-Collect Swab for HPV Screening in Women Aged 30 to 64 Years
This study evaluates the performance of HPV testing on vaginal self-collected samples obtained with the Abbott Multi-Collect device.
- Conditions
- Human Papilloma Virus, Human Papilloma Virus Related Cervical Carcinoma, Cervical Carcinoma
- Trial name
- VALMUDES (NCT07768787)
- Testing
- Abbott Multi-Collect Specimen Collection Swab
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AML
Influenza
The Human Mucosal Immune Responses to Influenza Virus (SLVP026)
This study will examine the immune responses to the seasonal influenza vaccine in single cells of the nasal passages when compared with cells in circulating blood.
- Trial name
- NCT03023553
- Testing
- Fluzone®, FluMist®
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
DNA Methylation
Comparison of the Methylation Pattern of DNA in Buccal Swabs From Different Time Points
A buccal swab will be taken using a cotton stick by rubbing it against the buccal mucosa. Samples will be taken from the same participant at different timepoints.
- Trial name
- NCT02297009
- Testing
- Buccal swab
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven