Quick virus test to guide antibiotic use
Part of Infections, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether a quick test for COVID-19, flu, and RSV can help doctors avoid giving antibiotics when they aren't needed. It's for people with fever or chest infection symptoms who are not sick enough to be hospitalized.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You or your child is 1 year old or older.
- You have had a fever (temperature over 38°C / 100.4°F) in the past 3 days, plus one of these: runny nose and cough, body aches with cough and tiredness, sore throat with a negative strep test, cough alone, or ear pain. Or you have signs of a chest infection (like fast breathing, cough, chest pain, or wheezing) without a fever.
- You have French national health insurance (not State Medical Aid).
- You are not currently in the hospital.
- You do not have another infection that needs antibiotics.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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