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Comparison of Detection of SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Between Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens and Those Obtained by Salivary Sputum

Comparison of the Results, Feasibility and Acceptability of Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV2 Between Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens Recovered in Virological Transport Medium and Those Obtained by Salivary Sputum

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05024461
Acronym
COVISAL
Enrollment
1159
Registered
2021-08-27
Start date
2020-08-10
Completion date
2021-11-12
Last updated
2021-08-27

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Conditions

Covid19

Brief summary

Multicenter observational study of diagnostic test validation (Research Involving the Human Person, type 3) In addition to the diagnosis by the reference method (nasopharyngeal swab), the patient will be asked to provide a saliva sample via a salivary spit. The clinical circumstances of the diagnosis, the age of the patient, the associated terrain (diabetes, immunodepression, pregnancy) will be noted. The nasopharyngeal and saliva samples will be analyzed in Cayenne and the remaining samples will be frozen and stored at the CRB before being sent to the University Hospital of Caen for analysis and concordance verification. The expected benefits are: Possibility of repeating tests in the same person more easily due to the absence of pain and thus reduce the barriers to diagnosis and screening. Possibility of self-sampling, which could simply be sent to the laboratory, which would relieve the diagnostic sites that mobilize staff and require a fairly heavy organization. Avoid long waiting lines that can be an obstacle and lead to a renunciation of the diagnosis.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTSalivary test for COVID19

Results of nasopharyngeal and salivary samples taken at the Cayenne hospital and the Caen university center, * Pre-analytical particularities and analytical particularities * Cycle threeshold * Demographic variables * Clinical variables * Clinical criteria * Questionnaire on the perception of the 2 sampling methods

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patient with an indication to perform a COVID diagnostic test (symptomatology, contact case, systematic screening etc...) * Men and women at least 3 years old

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal of the patient or his legal representative, * Taking treatments that reduce salivary volume (anticholinergic activity) * Impossibility to perform the nasopharyngeal test * Patient under guardianship or curatorship, persons placed under protective measures

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sensitivity of salivary test vs. nasopharyngeal test1 day

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Perception of the tests by questionnaire (proportion of positive opinions)1 day
Perception of the tests by questionnaire (proportion of negative opinions)1 day
Positivity and negativity of the salivary test vs. symptomatology and associated terrain1 day
Sensitivity and specificity analysis between the salivary test and the nasopharyngeal test according to the clinical context1 daySensitivity and specificity analysis between the salivary test and the nasopharyngeal test according to the time between the samples and the onset of symptoms, the time between the samples and the contact with an index case, the known immunodepression and the clinical context (diabetes, pregnancy)
Description of the aspect of the saliva collected: mucous or fluid1 dayDescription of the analytical criteria of the saliva sample
Volume of saliva collected (mL)1 dayDescription of the analytical criteria of the saliva sample: (pipette measurement, if the saliva is not fluid, pipette measurement after vortexing for 1 min)
- Proportion of analyses not performed on salivary samples for the following reasons (vs. number of salivary sample analyses performed): o Insufficient quantity of biological sample, o Inability to collect the sample1 day
Number of Cycle threeshold for the first analysis (done at the Cayenne hospital) and the second analysis (done at the university hospital of Caen)1 day
- Sensitivity of salivary test vs nasopharyngeal test with strong positives (3 genes detected)1 day
- Specificity of salivary test vs nasopharyngeal test with strong positives (3 genes detected)1 day
- Sensitivity of salivary test vs nasopharyngeal test with weak positives (1 gene detected)1 day
- Specificity of salivary test vs nasopharyngeal test with weak positives (1 gene detected)1 day
Description of the analytical criteria of the saliva sample:pre-analytical treatments if necessary1 day

Countries

French Guiana

Outcome results

None listed

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