COVID-19 trials registries data warehouse

https://trialregister.nl/trial/8477

Thomas van der Vaart

t.w.vandervaart-2@umcutrecht.nl

2020-03-20

Not recruiting

RCT

Randomized

Adaptive

Blind label

multi-center

Prevention

- Adult (=18 years),- Male or female,- Hospital personnel (expected to) taking care for patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

- Known allergy to (components of) the BCG vaccine or serious adverse events to prior BCG administration,- Known active or latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis or with another mycobacterial species. A history with- or a suspicion of M. tuberculosis infection,- Fever (>38 C) within the past 24 hours- Pregnancy,- Suspicion of active viral or bacterial infection,- Vaccination in the past 4 weeks or expected vaccination during the study period, independent of the type of vaccination- Severely immunocompromised subjects. This exclusion category comprises: a) subjects with known infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), b) neutropenic subjects with less than 500 neutrophils/mm3, c) subjects with solid organ transplantation, d) subjects with bone marrow transplantation, e) subjects under chemotherapy, f) subjects with primary immunodeficiency, g) severe lymphopenia with less than 400 lymphocytes/mm3, h) treatment with any anti-cytokine therapies. i) treatment with oral or intravenous steroids defined as daily doses of 10mg prednisone or equivalent for longer than 3 months, or probable use of oral or intravenous steroids in the following four weeks,- Active solid or non-solid malignancy or lymphoma within the prior two years,- Direct involvement in the design or the execution of the BCG-CORONA study,- Expected absence from work of =4 of the following 12 weeks due to any reason (holidays, maternity leave, retirement, planned surgery etc),- Employed to the hospital < 22 hours per week,- Not in possession of a smartphone

2

University Medical Centre Utrecht

18

100

Netherlands

Health workers

N/A

1500

Number of days of unplanned absenteeism for any reason

Not reported

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