Assay Evaluation for SARS-2-CoV (EDICTS) [COVID-19]
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Ethical Determination In Coronavirus diagnosTic developmentS (EDICTS)
IRAS ID
286903
Contact name
Jonathan Edgeworth
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
The current COVID-19 pandemic requires new diagnostic techniques to be created and evaluated in a rapid fashion. In order for this to occur researchers must have access to multiple sample types from different patient populations to establish and test the accuracy of new diagnostics. Under these conditions it is technically difficult to consent patients for samples prior to processing. Therefore we must have the ability to use surplus or discarded samples with a subset of clinical information collected by the direct care team and provided to the researchers in a linked-anonymised fashion.
The samples to be used in this project will be surplus/discarded material from clinical samples sent to GSTT Viapath clinical laboratories for routine clinical testing. The participants will undergo no further testing or interventions and will not be known to the study team.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/SC/0310
Date of REC Opinion
10 Aug 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion