Study finds best ways to get COVID tests to kids with special needs
NCT ID NCT04565509
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at the best ways to encourage COVID-19 testing for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their teachers. Over 1,100 participants from two special school districts took part. The goal was to find what messages and strategies work best to keep schools safe during the pandemic.
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Study facts
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- 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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1,143 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Finished
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Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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5 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Students enrolled in the St. Louis Special School District or the Kennedy Krieger Institutes/Sheppard Pratt Schools in Maryland. * Teachers/Staff working at the St. Louis Special Schools or the Kennedy Krieger Institutes/Sheppard Pratt Schools in Maryland dedicated to teaching children with IDD. or * Parents/ of students, teachers and/or staff employed by the St. Louis Special School District or Kennedy Krieger Institute/Sheppard Pratt schools in Maryland or * Families, teachers, and staff of the 67 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) which is sponsored by the Association of University Centers for Disability (AUCD). Exclusion Criteria: * Members of the research team will not be eligible to participate in the focus groups.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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Special School District
St Louis, Missouri, 63131, United States
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University of Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri, 64110, United States
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