Rouen hospital checks accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests
NCT ID NCT04707833
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to check how accurate several COVID-19 antibody tests are. Researchers used blood samples from 101 adults, including some taken before the pandemic and some from people with other infections. The goal was to see which tests best detect past COVID-19 infection.
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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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101 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- 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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18 to 80 years
- 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: The inclusion criteria in the retrospective "Negative/Potentially Interfering" group are as follows : * Adult patient sampled prior to the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic (before January 2020) * Patient presenting a coronavirus infection other than SARS-CoV-2, or other respiratory viral infections (influenza, metapneumovirus) * Patients for whom a serum is kept in the biocollection declared under the number AC-2014-2293 and kept in the Institute of Clinical Biology, University Hospital of Rouen. The criteria for inclusion in the "acute point infection" group are as follows: * Patients screened by a positive RT-PCR for an SARS-CoV-2 infection * Patients aged ≥ 18 years old * Patients taken in charge in the emergency room / in a unit / in COVID resuscitation at the Rouen University Hospital. * Patients having read and understood the briefing note * Non-opposition to participation in the study The criteria for inclusion in the "Sequential acute infection" group are as follows: * Patients with positive RT-PCR for CoV-2-SARS infection * Patients aged ≥ 18 years old * Taken care of in a COVID unit at the Rouen University Hospital * Having read and understood the briefing note and signed the informed consent form The criteria for inclusion in the "Convalescent" group are as follows: * Caregivers working at the UH of Rouen * Screened by positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 infection, * Healed for at least one month at the time of inclusion * Having read and understood the briefing note and signed the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Minor person * Known Pregnancy * Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person placed under judicial protection / subtutorship or guardianship * Person not affiliated with social security * Person who does not understand and speak French
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rouen University Hospital
Rouen, 760031, France
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