COVID-19 Surveillance and Exposure Testing in School Communities

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Surveillance and Exposure Testing in School Communities

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04831866

Enrollment

4000

Registered

2021-04-05

Start date

2021-04-26

Completion date

2022-01-31

Last updated

2022-04-13

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Conditions

Covid19

Brief summary

This is a prospective, observational study of COVID-19 surveillance and exposure testing in school communities. Participating school communities are providing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests to students and staff at their schools per school, local, and national guidelines. This study will combine data received from the schools with data collected directly from participants to guide analysis of the co-primary objectives. Participants will be grouped into two different cohorts, depending on each school's SARS-CoV-2 test administration practices. Surveillance Cohort: Schools participating in this cohort will be performing surveillance testing weekly on approximately 10-20% of students and 100% of staff. Exposure Cohort: Schools participating in this cohort will be performing exposure testing on students and staff who have been identified as having close contact with school members diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Inclusion criteria

* Data from all participating school communities will be included in this study (no inclusion/

Exclusion criteria

will be assessed).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Evaluate secondary transmission/prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Kindergarten through 12th grade schools in the Surveillance Cohort.	2 years	Proportion of students/staff with positive SARS-CoV-2 test identified by surveillance testing.
Evaluate secondary transmission/prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Kindergarten through 12th grade schools in the Exposure Cohort.	2 years	Proportion of students/staff with positive SARS-CoV-2 test following within-school exposure.
Describe return to school outcomes in Kindergarten through 12th grade schools in Surveillance Cohort.	2 years	Proportion of students who return to in-person education in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, and Fall 2022 from participating schools conducting surveillance testing compared to districts without testing.
Describe return to school outcomes in Kindergarten through 12th grade schools in Exposure Cohort.	2 years	Mean time to return-to-school after SARS-CoV-2 exposure in the month after initiation of the school-provided testing program compared to the month prior to initiation of the school-provided testing program.

Countries

United States

Outcome results