Status:
COMPLETED
Medical Masks vs N95 Respirators for COVID-19
Lead Sponsor:
McMaster University
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Alberta
Conditions:
Coronavirus
N95
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
A randomized controlled trial in which health care workers will be randomized to either medical masks or N95 respirators when providing care to patients with COVID-19.
Detailed Description
A randomized controlled trial in which health care workers will be randomized to either medical masks or N95 respirators when providing medical care to patients with COVID-19. This multi-centre random...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Health care workers who provide direct care to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in specialized COVID-19 units and in emergency departments, medical units, pediatric units, and long-term care facilities
- Health care workers are required to spend 60% or more of their time doing clinical work when enrolled.
Exclusion
- Unable to pass or do not have a valid fit test within the past 24 months
- One or more high-risk comorbidities for COVID-19 (hypertension, cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, chronic liver disease, actively treated cancer, or immunosuppression due to illness or medications)
- Previous laboratory confirmed clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 at the time of
- Received 1 or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine with greater than 50% efficacy for the circulating strain (for example, mRNA or vector-based COVID-19 vaccine against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain).
- working in intensive care units.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 8 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
1009 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04296643
Start Date
March 1 2020
End Date
December 8 2022
Last Update
January 12 2023
Active Locations (15)
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1
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
2
University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3
Brantford General Hospital
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
4
Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada