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NCT05684887: DTECT

Digital Tools to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Exposed Individuals in Cameroon

Completed NA Last updated 18 December 2023
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Digital based contact tracing in COVID-19 in 433 participants. Completed in 30 July 2023.

Timeline
18 October 2022
Primary endpoint
31 March 2023
30 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment433
Start date18 October 2022
Primary completion31 March 2023
Estimated completion30 July 2023
Sites22 locations across Cameroon

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with COVID-19. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

According to the WHO, contact tracing - along with robust testing, isolation, and care of cases is a key strategy for interrupting chains of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reducing mortality associated with COVID-19. Contact tracing, however, has a number of challenges. These include incomplete identification of contacts, inefficiencies in paper-based reporting systems, complex data management requirements, and delays in the identification of contacts and testing of contacts. In many settings, contact tracing has proven to be too resource-intensive to implement at scale, especially with higher levels of community transmission, highlighting the need for more efficient contact tracing approaches. Digital tools afford the possibility of strengthening contact tracing for COVID-19, in a more efficient way. However, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness and impact of these tools in the COVID-19 response, including contact tracing. This study proposes to compare the cascade of care between two strategies for COVID-19 contact tracing of SARS-CoV-2 infected index patients in Cameroon. In one strategy (intervention), the health facilities and health district testing units will implement contact tracing using a digital tool developed to support the tracing and testing of contacts (addition of a digital contact tracing module to the main platform for COVID-19 testing in Cameroon (Mamal Pro app)). This strategy will be compared to the standard contact tracing process (control), based on the current routine approach (use of the Mamal Pro application without the digital contact tracing module).

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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