COVID-19 iCura SARS-CoV-2 Ag OTC: Clinical Evaluation

New Day Diagnostics

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Treatments: Device: iCura COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Home Test; Diagnostic Test: RT-PCR Test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK; Other

Identifiers

NCT05555030

EDP-OTC-iCD-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen over the counter clinical performance evaluation.

Full description

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)1. The SARS-CoV-2 is a β-coronavirus, which is enveloped non-segmented positive-sense RNA virus 22. It is spread by human-to-human transmission via droplets or direct contact, and infection has been estimated to have mean incubation period of 6.4 days and a basic reproduction number of 2.24-3.58. Among patients with pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, fever was the most common symptom, followed by cough. On 11 March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was characterized as a pandemic by the WHO. Since then, over 70 million people worldwide have been infected with the virus with over 1.5 million deaths attributed to the virus5. Laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 is currently being performed to determine if an individual has active infection via detection of viral RNA or if an individual has an immune response to the virus from a previous infection via detection of antibodies.

Specimen collection is a crucial first step in the evaluation of an individual's SARS-CoV-2 infection status. The goal of this project is to evaluate a Candidate Ag self-test kit for over the counter (OTC) use. Study subjects under EDP supervision, either in-person or via video conference, will collect and test anterior nasal swab samples and a Study Representative will collect and ship a nasopharyngeal swab sample for comparator PCR testing. The Candidate Ag self-test kit collection and testing methodology is viewed as a convenient and inexpensive method to test clinical specimens for SARS-CoV-2 and OTC access will improve the availability of COVD-19 testing.

The iCura COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Home Test (candidate test) is a rapid antigen (Ag) immunochromatography based one step in vitro test intended to detect nucleocapsid antigen from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. It is designed for over the counter (OTC) rapid qualitative determination of SARS-CoV-2 virus antigen in anterior nasal swabs from individuals within 14 days of symptom onset or without symptoms or other epidemiological reasons to suspect COVID-19 infection. This test is for non-prescription home use with self-collected anterior nasal swab specimens directly from individuals aged 14 years and older or with adult-collected anterior nasal samples directly from individuals aged 2 years or older.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lay subjects greater than 2 years old that do not know their current COVID-19 status and can complete the consent/assent process in both written and spoken English may be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects less than 2 years old will be excluded.
• Participants that are or were medial and/or laboratory professionals will be excluded.
• Participants that cannot read and understand English will be excluded.
• High risk individuals will not be excluded unless they are too young or have prior training or experience that would exclude them.
• Participants who refuse to sign the informed consent/assent form(s) will be excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

At least 30 children between 2 and 13 years of age

Experimental group

Description:

Participants 2-13 years of age will have a nasopharyngeal swab sample collected by trained study site personnel for testing on a high sensitivity EUA SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay to compare the result to the result of the iCura SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Home Test. The parent or legal guardian of the child will collect an anterior nasal swab sample from the child and perform the iCura SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Home Test.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: RT-PCR Test

Device: iCura COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Home Test

Subject 14-65+ years of age

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will have a nasopharyngeal swab sample collected by trained study site personnel for testing on a high sensitivity EUA SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay to compare the result to the result of the iCura SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Home Test. The participant will then self-collect or, if both are over 18, collect from another study participant an anterior nasal swab sample and test using the iCura SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Home Test.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: RT-PCR Test

Device: iCura COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Home Test