Oral Rinse to Reduced Expelled Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) During COVID-19 Infection

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Prospective, cross-sectional study evaluating the effect of commercially available mouthwashes on expelled/exhaled SARS-CoV-2 viral load using face mask sampling.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Collaborators: Colgate Palmolive; University of Leicester

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥ 18

2. Able to provide consent

3. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 within previous 48 hours.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical contraindication or poor feasibility to complete study procedures

2. Unwilling or unable to produce saliva or face mask samples

3. Unable to produce at least 500 microliters of saliva.

4. Eaten within past 30 minutes

5. Known allergy to mouthwash products