How many kids had COVID? new study counts antibodies
NCT ID NCT04355533
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested over 1,000 children and their parents for COVID-19 antibodies to find out how many had been infected. Researchers also checked for active virus in nose, saliva, and stool samples. The goal was to better understand infection rates and immune responses in families.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,056 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 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.
- Ages
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7 days 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: For hospitalized children or consulting at hospital * any child over 7 days old and under 17 years old in consultation or hospitalized for at most 4 days at AP-HP or CH Cayenne; Or any child over 7 days old and under 17 years old with a positive PCR at home, with an attending physician in a participating centre * Parent's agreement for blood, saliva and stool samples * Optional parent's agreement for nasopharynx swab * Optional parent's agreement for follow-up if PCR+ * With an Health insurance For children with potential COVID disease during the first wave * Any child over 7 days old and under 17 years, seropositive during the first wave * Or any child over 7 days old and under 17 years, with a previous inflammatory clinical disease potentially linked to SARS-cov2 * With an Health insurance Parent of the enrolled child * One parent of the enrolled child on ped-covid * Agreement for blood and saliva samples * Optional agreement for nasopharynx swab * Optional parent's agreement for follow-up if PCR+ * With an Health insurance For children SARS-coV2 positive * any child less then 18 years old * infected by SARS-coV2 * Parent's agreement for blood, saliva samples * Optional parent's agreement for nasopharynx swab * With health insurance For people living under the same roof of a child included in the study * any child or adult living under the same roof of a child SARS-coV2 positive and included in the study * With health insurance Exclusion Criteria: For hospitalized children or consulting at hospital * child younger than 7 days * Refusal of parent * Refusal of child * No health insurance
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital necker Enfants-Malades
Paris, 75015, France
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