Corona-Like Illness: Did we Got it Before WHO Announcement of the Disease?

COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

COVID-19-Like Illness: Did we Have Unusual Severe Respiratory Tract Infections October-December 2019 Before WHO Announcement ?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04336657
• Other study ID #: AssiutU11
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: April 2020
• Est. completion date: May 2020

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: Aliae Mohamed-Hussein
• Phone: 01222302352
• Email: aliaehussein[@]aun.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. The spread and severity of the disease is variable from one country to another. Our team as well as many reports suggested that in some countries a " Flu like illness but much worse" was described in October, November and early in December before the WHO announcement. Was it COVID-19?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: May 2020
• Est. primary completion date: May 2020
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subject except excluded group

Exclusion Criteria:

• subject diagnosed as COVID-19 positive and their contacts

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
Survey to identify number of people who got unusual severe flu- like illness in last October- November

Diagnostic Test:
• IgG
Measure the past immunity of the disease (if possible)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	AssiutU	Assiut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Measure frequency of people suffered from unusual flu-like symptoms before December 2019	fever, dry cough, dyspnea, malaise, headache	one month
Secondary	Measure remote immunity for COVID-19 in subject with past history of severe flu before WHO announcement date- if possible	serum IgG	3 month