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NCT number NCT04449978
Other study ID # 1000069701
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date April 9, 2020
Est. completion date December 31, 2022

Study information

Verified date September 2021
Source The Hospital for Sick Children
Contact Dalah C Mason, MPH
Phone 416-813-7654
Email dalah.mason@sickkids.ca
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic in March 2020. Early research suggests that children are no more susceptible to COVID-19 infection than adults and that children with confirmed COVID-19 have generally presented with milder symptoms. However, the impact of COVID-19 among Canadian children remains unclear. The prevalence of COVID-19 in children in Canada is currently unknown and no published research exists regarding the risk factors of COVID-19 in children or its potential long-term health effects on physical health or development. Using TARGet Kids!, Canada's largest children's cohort study with over 11,000 children involved, the researchers will conduct a longitudinal observational study aimed to evaluate the cumulative incidence of COVID-19 in children and parents; differences among infected and uninfected children in terms of age, sex, and income; risk factors of COVID-19; and longer term health effects of COVID-19 among children. Given the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the unknown health effects of the virus in children, research must be conducted to determine the extent of infections of COVID-19 in children, disease severity, risk factors for infection, and how the virus affects children as they become older.


Description:

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic in March 2020. Early research has suggested that children may experience less severe clinical symptoms than adults, and infected children with minimal or no symptoms may be an underrecognized source of community disease transmission. COVID-19 infections in children were occurring very early in the epidemic but the impact of COVID-19 infection among children remains unclear. The number of COVID-19 infections in children and parents in Canada is unknown and studies have not evaluated the symptom severity of COVID-19 in children and parents, risk factors for infection and severe disease, and whether current preventive efforts are effective. Using TARGet Kids!, Canada's largest children's cohort study, the researchers will conduct an observational study to evaluate key epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 among parents and children, as well as to determine the spectrum of disease severity, seroprevalence, risk factors for COVID-19 infection and severe disease, effectiveness of social isolation recommendations, risk to family members with a COVID-19 infected family member, and potential new strategies to prevent COVID-19 infection and minimize disease severity. Parents of 1082 existing TARGet Kids! participants will be asked to provide a nasal swab from themselves and their child during the pandemic in addition to a respiratory tract symptom checklist. Preventive efforts (e.g. social distancing), parent-reported illness, laboratory-confirmed infections and healthcare encounters (e.g. emergency department visits, hospitalizations and ICU care) will be measured. Children will subsequently be followed through the TARGet Kids! cohort study over the next 6 months and long term, with interim analyses at 3 months. By understanding every stage of COVID-19 infection from prevention to transmission in the community and home, to outpatient and hospital care utilization, the researchers will rapidly develop new interventions to prevent COVID-19 transmission and minimize disease severity among children and their families. Descriptive statistics will be used to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in healthy children.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 1082
Est. completion date December 31, 2022
Est. primary completion date June 30, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A to 16 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Families with existing participants of the TARGet Kids! cohort with children between the ages of 0-16 years. Exclusion Criteria: - Families who are not participating in the TARGet Kids! cohort or participating families with no children within the age of eligibility.

Study Design


Locations

Country Name City State
Canada St Michael's Hospital Toronto Ontario
Canada The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
The Hospital for Sick Children Unity Health Toronto

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Cumulative Incidence of COVID-19 To evaluate the cumulative incidence of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 among healthy children and parents in Toronto, Canada 12 months
Secondary Risk Factors for COVID-19 To determine the risk factors for COVID-19 infection in children and parents to inform preventive interventions 12 months
Secondary Parent-reported probable case definition of COVID-19 To determine the cumulative incidence of parent-reported probable case definition of COVID-19 among children and parents. 12 months
Secondary Dynamics of COVID-19 To determine the dynamics of COVID-19 infection using a susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) multi-state model. 12 months
Secondary Risk to family members To determine the risk to family members with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infected family member. 12 months
Secondary Severity of COVID-19 To determine the severity of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in healthy children and parents 12 months
Secondary Longer term effects of COVID-19 on physical health To determine the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection in healthy children and parents on physical health 12 months
Secondary Longer term effects of COVID-19 on mental health To determine the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection in healthy children and parents on mental health 12 months
Secondary Longer term effects of COVID-19 on child development To determine the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection in healthy children and parents on child development 12 months
Secondary Longer term effects of COVID-19 on family functioning To determine the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection in healthy children and parents on family functioning 12 months
Secondary Longer term effects of COVID-19 on health behaviours To determine the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection in healthy children and parents on health behaviours 12 months
Secondary Longer term effects of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization To determine the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection in healthy children and parents on healthcare utilization 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on infection To determine the effect of preventive measures on COVID-19 infection 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on physical health To determine the effect of preventive measures on physical health 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on mental health To determine the effect of preventive measures on mental health 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on child development To determine the effect of preventive measures on child development 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on family functioning To determine the effect of preventive measures on family functioning 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on health behaviours To determine the effect of preventive measures on health behaviours 12 months
Secondary Effects of preventive measures on healthcare utilization To determine the effect of preventive measures on healthcare utilization 12 months
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