"Perspektive 21" - Feasibility Study for the Use of PoC Pool-PCR vs. Antigen Rapid Test against COVID-19 in Selected Schools in the German Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt

"Perspektive 21" - Feasibility Study for the Use of PoC Pool-PCR vs. Antigen Rapid Test against COVID-19 in Selected Schools in the German Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt - P21 PoC-PCR

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00030091

Enrollment

600

Registered

2022-08-30

Start date

2022-09-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Encounter for screening for COVID-19 (Z11.52) Special procedures for testing for SARS-CoV-2 (U99.0)

Interventions

Group 1: All participating students will be tested on acute SARS-CoV-2 infections twice weekly within their classes, using both antigen rapid tests as well as PoC-PCR.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Currently enrolled in a school in federal state of Saxony-Anhalt Subject and / or legal guardian, as applicable, have signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Maximum time needed per class after implementation of testing strategy, i.e. during weeks 7 to 10. This measures the additional burden on both teachers and students, after resolving typical problems of implementing a new procedure, and will be estimated with its 95% CI. Time needed for each class will be manually documented by study staff locally using a questionnaire, immediately after completing each of the test runs.	—

Measure

Time frame

Maximum time needed per class after implementation of testing strategy, i.e. during weeks 7 to 10. This measures the additional burden on both teachers and students, after resolving typical problems of implementing a new procedure, and will be estimated with its 95% CI. Time needed for each class will be manually documented by study staff locally using a questionnaire, immediately after completing each of the test runs.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Feasibility of testing strategy (operationalized through cost for personnel, equipment (devices), test kits and single-use equipment, average rate of 5-test-pools needed to be resolved). Average number of positive tests per week. Average number of invalid tests per test run. Age-specific diagnostic validity of antigen rapid tests.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactThomas Frese

Medizinische Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergInstitut für Allgemeinmedizin

thomas.frese@uk-halle.de+ 49 345 557-5338

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026