Rapid COVID test studied for emergency triage
NCT ID NCT04353154
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at using a fast, point-of-care COVID-19 test to help doctors quickly decide how to treat patients with serious heart or breathing problems. It involved 66 adults who already tested positive for COVID-19. The goal was to find the best way to collect samples (nose, throat, or both) and see if the rapid test results matched standard lab tests.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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66 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2020
- Finished
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May 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Study population is admitted patients who have had a positive core-lab virology test for COVID-19.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ≥ 18 yo referred to the cardiology, internal medicine, ICU, CICU, CSICU or RACE teams who have tested positive for COVID-19. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients in whom conventional COVID-19 testing would not have otherwise been instituted or in whom immediate test results would not alter short-term treatment, Patients with pre-existing wishes for DNR.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 4W7, Canada
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