Can a One-Minute chair test predict COVID-19 hospital needs?
NCT ID NCT04730661
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a one-minute sit-to-stand test could help emergency doctors decide if COVID-19 patients need hospital care. The test measures oxygen levels and breathing effort during repeated standing from a chair. The trial aimed to reduce unnecessary hospital stays but was terminated early after enrolling only 54 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sit to stand test (a one-minute physical test measuring oxygen levels and breathing effort)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this test could help emergency doctors quickly decide which COVID-19 patients need hospital monitoring versus those who can safely go home.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 54 participants, so results are limited. The test may not be accurate enough to replace standard assessments.
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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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54 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2020
- Finished
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Jun 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 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: * Adult (≥18 years old) * Admit to emergency department for suspected SARS-Cov2 infection * SARS-CoV2 infection confirmed by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT - PCR) before the first discharge of emergency department * Patient affiliated or beneficiary of a health care insurance * Effective contraception in women of childbearing age. For postmenopausal women, amenorrhea for at least 12 months before the inclusion visit Exclusion Criteria: * Patient presenting criteria for admission to intensive care: signs of acute respiratory distress , respiratory rate\> 30 / min, oxygen dependence \> 6L / min on face mask for an SpO2 ≥ 95% or an arterial oxygen pressure \>8kPa, neurological disorders, systolic blood pressure (SBP) \<90mmHg despite fluid resuscitation, lactates\> 2mmol / L, bradycardia, or heart rate disorders * Patient with SpO2 \<90% in spontaneous ventilation in room air at rest * Patient with functional impairment or deterioration of the general condition leading to the inability to perform STST * Patient with a resting SBP\> 180 mmHg or resting diastolic blood pressure (DBP)\> 100 mmHg or resting heart rate (HR)\> 120 / min * Patient with decompensated or unbalanced cardiac pathology * Patient previously included in the study following a previous admission to emergency department * Patient deprived of liberty, unable to consent freely * Patient non affiliated or beneficiary of a health care insurance
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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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Rouen university hospital
Rouen, 76000, France
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