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CompletedNCT04839913COVID-19Updated Apr 9, 2021

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Unselected Surgical Patients: an Unicentric, Regional Study

An observational study in SARS-CoV Infection, Seroprevalence and Covid19, sponsored by University of Cagliari. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-09.

Sponsored by University of Cagliari · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
121
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The investigator analyzed the data of the patients admitted to the surgical department during the period 1St September - 10Th December 2020 to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the setting of a non-dedicated COVID-19 hospital and in a mild CoV-2 incidence area and to evaluate the difference of seroprevalence between Spring and Fall seasons in a cohort of patients undergoing surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • SARS-CoV Infection
  • Seroprevalence
  • Covid19
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In context

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

382 studies on the registry are indexed under Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; 14 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 121 is below the median of 300 across 140 observational studies indexed under Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

University of Cagliari is the lead sponsor of 82 studies on the registry; 17 are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (20%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

This is a cohort of elective surgical patients admitted to our unit in the 2020 fall period

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient admitted to our unit who had performed SARS-COV-2 serologic test

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • age \< 18
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
121 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testAntibodies testing

    Serologic test for both SARS-COV-2 IgG and IgM

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence

    SARS-COV-2 IgG and IgM seroprevalence between spring and fall period

    Time frame: 1St September - 10Th December 2020

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Cagliari
    Cagliari, Italy
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 9, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04839913
Lead sponsor
University of Cagliari
Responsible party
Fabio Medas (Surgical researcher, University of Cagliari) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 9, 2021
Start date
Sep 1, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 10, 2020
Completion
Jan 10, 2021
Last update
Apr 9, 2021

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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