Air Filtration + Ventilation for COVID-19

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Waitlist Available

Led By Abraar Karan, MD

Research Sponsored by Stanford University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 7 days

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial tests if using box-fans with filters and better ventilation can reduce spread of Covid19 in homes with an infected person.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for households with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and at least three other people living together. Eligible homes must not have had the positive test result more than two days ago, expect most members to be present over the next week, and can't already have half or more members likely infected.

What is being tested?

The study tests if using box-fans with high-efficiency filters alongside guidance on improving home ventilation can prevent COVID-19 from spreading to others in the same household as someone who's infected.

What are the potential side effects?

There are no direct medical side effects from participating in this trial since it involves non-invasive interventions like air filtration and ventilation rather than medications.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 7 days

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~7 days

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 7 days for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Incidence of Covid19

Secondary study objectives

Average CO2 levels

Incidence of new upper respiratory symptoms

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment3 Interventions

Families are provided with one filtration fan unit per room in their home (and one for the index case; if the family lives in a studio, they would receive 2 units). Investigators will advise families on ventilation improvements in their home. Investigators will provide an instructional pamphlet that describes how the fans work and the importance of ventilation. Investigators will follow-up on day 3-4 to check in and run through a checklist to ensure the fans are working and ventilation improvements are being attempted. Investigators will give families a CO2 monitor to measure average CO2 levels in the home. Investigators will test family members at day 0-1 for baseline testing; and again on day 7 for assessing secondary transmission among susceptible contacts.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

No intervention will be administered in this arm. Investigators will give families a CO2 monitor to measure average CO2 levels in the home. Investigators will provide a link to the basic CDC isolation guidelines which would be part of standard of care. Investigators will test family members at day 0-1 for baseline testing; and again on day 7 for assessing secondary transmission among susceptible contacts.

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