Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: nil: This is a diagnostic validation study, using previously collected samples, which will be carried out
independently, in parallel at each of the participating centres. Samples will b
Sponsors
National Centre for Biological Sciences
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: samples of nasopharyngeal swabs submitted for COVID testing to each of the participating centres as per current testing guidelines
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: nil
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is the sensitivity and specificity of combinatorial tapestry pooling technique as compared to individual testing, across various prevalence rates and degrees of pooling.Timepoint: baseline | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cost per individual for each of the three types of testing (for negative and positive tests) at different levels of poolingTimepoint: baseline;The sensitivity and specificity of each level of combinatorial tapestry pooling as compared to simple pooling at the same level.Timepoint: baseline;The sensitivity and specificity of the simple pooled technique as compared to individual technique, across various prevalence rates and degrees of poolingTimepoint: baseline | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactOmshree Shetty
Tata Memorial Centre
Outcome results
None listed