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Patients and Health Staff of Cancer Centres During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Patients and Health Staff of Cancer Centres During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Constitution of a Biological Collection Linked to a Prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04421625
Acronym
PAPESCO-19
Enrollment
1102
Registered
2020-06-09
Start date
2020-06-15
Completion date
2022-06-28
Last updated
2025-12-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Keywords

COVID-19, Cancer patients, Health staff

Brief summary

The Covid-19 has, in a few weeks, made the world tremble: the number of deaths (mainly elderly and / or co-morbid) continues to increase, the confinement causes the collapsing of the economy and the decline of relationships inter-human. The data are too fragmented and the disease too recent to know its repercussions on the 3 million French people who have or have had cancer. The investigators would like, in 3 populations: \* patients in treatment, \* or in follow-up and \* health personnel, to constitute a large prospective and longitudinal database of data: i / serological: humoral response, test performance, monitoring of serum immunoglobulin levels , reinfection threshold,…; ii / clinical: incidence, severity, mortality and their favorable factors impact of cancer treatment on Covid-19 infection and modification of the quality of oncological care in the context. In parallel, on a more limited sample of establishments, it will be : \* appreciate the economic and functional repercussions, \* will try to find out about the infection modalities in patients and health personnel and \* will appreciate the levels of anxiety and depression to which health staff are subject.

Detailed description

The participation of the study will be offered to each patient when they will come to the centre (by oncologist, radiotherapist, surgeon, ...). For the health staff, the information can be delivered through different channels (posting, mail, mail, intranet...). This will make the informed consent available to all staff. Participation will be voluntary: staff who have read the information note and wish to participate in the study will have to register on the PAPESCO-01 screening schedule, during which they will sign their consent with the occupational physician (or anyone delegated by occupational medicine), then have their first sample and complete the various questionnaires. The screening of the patients and of the health staff will be done by 2 or 3 techniques depending of the results. The first technic is a blood test done at M0 (inclusion), M3, M6, M9 and M12 and on demand in case of Covid-19 symptoms (rapid serology (immediate analysis), ELISA serology (differed analysis on frozen sample), genotyping of FCGR2A and FCGR3A gens (only at M0)). The second technic nasal swab test (RT-PCR) is done only in case of symptoms (whatever the result of the minute test is) for the hospitalized patients. The results of the tests realised in town will be get back through the questionnaires. The third technic is the questionnaires to the patients and the health staff.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTDiagnostic test for SARS-Cov2 for patients and health staff

Diagnostic test for SARS-CoV2 : * Blood test to analyse the IgG and IgM with an immediate qualitative analysis (serological test) and a differed quantitative analysis (ELISA test) * Results of nasal swab that will allow extracting the RNA and realizing a RT-PCR (only if the participants present symptoms). It will be obtained by standard local laboratories. * Questionnaires (based on serology, clinic, economy (socio-demographic and lifestyle questionnaire) and epidemiology)

Sponsors

Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age \>= 18 years * Population in Cancer centres responding to one of these 3 definitions: patients having a treatment in process, patients under surveillance ( having completed their treatment for more than a year), health staff. * Subjects who may or may not have had an infection compatible or proven with a Covid-19 infection. * Information to the participants and signature of the informed consent. * Subject affiliated with a social insurance

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal of consent * Patients who are unable to consent or have a psychiatric history * Inability to submit to the medical follow-up of the study for geographical, social or psychological reasons * Person under guardianship or protection of vulnerable adults * Person deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number and Severity of Confirmed COVID-19 Infections Among Cancer Centre Staff and Patients at 12 Months12 monthsCOVID-19 severity will be assessed using the World Health Organization Clinical Progression Scale, which ranges from 0 (uninfected) to 10 (death). Higher scores indicate worse clinical status. COVID-19 infection will be confirmed by PCR or antigen test. Data on symptoms and progression will be collected through a COVID-19 clinical signs follow-up questionnaire and verified by medical records. The outcome will report both the number of participants with confirmed infection and the distribution of severity scores across the scale.

Countries

France

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Diagnostic Test for SARS-Cov2 for Health Staff
* Blood test (rapid serology (immediate analysis), ELISA serology (differed analysis on frozen sample), genotyping of FCGR2A and FCGR3A gens) * Nasal swab test (only if the patient has symptoms) * Questionnaires Diagnostic test for SARS-Cov2 for patients and health staff: Diagnostic test for SARS-CoV2 : * Blood test to analyse the IgG and IgM with an immediate qualitative analysis (serological test) and a differed quantitative analysis (ELISA test) * Results of nasal swab that will allow extracting the RNA and realizing a RT-PCR (only if the participants present symptoms). It will be obtained by standard local laboratories. * Questionnaires (based on serology, clinic, economy (socio-demographic and lifestyle questionnaire) and epidemiology)
579
Diagnostic Test for SARS-Cov2 for Patients
* Blood test (rapid serology (immediate analysis), ELISA serology (differed analysis on frozen sample), genotyping of FCGR2A and FCGR3A gens) * Nasal swab test (only if the patient has symptoms) * Questionnaires Diagnostic test for SARS-Cov2 for patients and health staff: Diagnostic test for SARS-CoV2 : * Blood test to analyse the IgG and IgM with an immediate qualitative analysis (serological test) and a differed quantitative analysis (ELISA test) * Results of nasal swab that will allow extracting the RNA and realizing a RT-PCR (only if the participants present symptoms). It will be obtained by standard local laboratories. * Questionnaires (based on serology, clinic, economy (socio-demographic and lifestyle questionnaire) and epidemiology)
523
Total1,102

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicDiagnostic Test for SARS-Cov2 for PatientsTotalDiagnostic Test for SARS-Cov2 for Health Staff
Age, Continuous62 Years51 Years40 Years
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
France
523 participants1102 participants579 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
377 Participants859 Participants482 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
146 Participants243 Participants97 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 5230 / 579
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 5230 / 579
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 5230 / 579

Outcome results

Primary

Number and Severity of Confirmed COVID-19 Infections Among Cancer Centre Staff and Patients at 12 Months

COVID-19 severity will be assessed using the World Health Organization Clinical Progression Scale, which ranges from 0 (uninfected) to 10 (death). Higher scores indicate worse clinical status. COVID-19 infection will be confirmed by PCR or antigen test. Data on symptoms and progression will be collected through a COVID-19 clinical signs follow-up questionnaire and verified by medical records. The outcome will report both the number of participants with confirmed infection and the distribution of severity scores across the scale.

Time frame: 12 months

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Diagnostic test for SARS-Cov2 for health staffNumber and Severity of Confirmed COVID-19 Infections Among Cancer Centre Staff and Patients at 12 Months55 Participants
Diagnostic test for SARS-Cov2 for patientsNumber and Severity of Confirmed COVID-19 Infections Among Cancer Centre Staff and Patients at 12 Months36 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026