Hospital COVID spread under the microscope: 2,000+ patients and staff tracked
NCT ID NCT04290780
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads within hospitals, involving over 2,000 patients, caregivers, and healthcare workers. Researchers tracked suspected and confirmed cases to identify risk factors and the effectiveness of infection control measures. The goal was to improve safety for vulnerable hospitalized patients and healthcare professionals.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help hospitals better understand and prevent the spread of COVID-19 among patients and healthcare workers.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly cure or prevent disease. Results may not apply to all hospitals or future variants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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2,162 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2020
- 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
This study will focus on volunteers, patients, caregivers and health care professionals within the participating hospitals associated with the GABRIEL network. Other hospitals, including french, will be able to integrate with this project on a voluntary basis.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: 1 ) Any adult or child or member of the nursing staff from the study participant hospital who presents an infectious syndrome including the following definition : 2\) Suspect Case: Fever above 37.8 ° C if no antipyretics are taken; And or Cough or pharyngeal pain or other symptom suggestive of respiratory infection. AND at least 1 of the following characteristics: * return from a trip to China, or to a country in which the increase in the incidence of infections in SARS-CoV-2 has been proven; * close contact (sharing the same place of family, professional life, same plane, etc.) with a person defined as a suspected or confirmed case; * Occurring in an establishment having received at least one case of suspected or confirmed infection at SARS-CoV-2. Or 3) Confirmed Case: The same clinical definitions, in addition to a positive RT-PCR-type virological diagnostic result specific to SARS-CoV-2 Exclusion Criteria: * Anyone who does not meet the above definition.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention
Lyon, 69003, France
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Service Hygiène, Epidémiologie et Prévention
Lyon, 69004, France
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