Direct Income SupporT and Advice Negating Spread of Epidemic COVID-19: a Randomized Controlled Trial (DISTANSE COVID)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04359264 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified July 2020 by Unity Health Toronto.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 24, 2020
Last Update Posted : July 7, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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COVID-19 | Other: Cash transfer | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 392 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Direct Income SupporT and Advice Negating Spread of Epidemic COVID-19: a Randomized Controlled Trial (DISTANSE COVID-19 RCT) |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 20, 2020 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 29, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 30, 2020 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cash transfer |
Other: Cash transfer
Cash transfer of $1000 |
No Intervention: Control |
- Symptoms consisent with COVID-19 [ Time Frame: 14 days ]32-item Influenza Patient-reported Outcome (FLU-PRO) symptom score. Higher score is worse.
- Number of close contacts [ Time Frame: Sum of contacts on days 5, 10 and 14 ]
- Number of participants with positive test for COVID-19 [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
- Self-reported health based on the single question: "In general, would you say your health is.." [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
- Ability to make ends meet based on the single question: "At the end of the month, are you able to make ends meet?" [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
- Health care utilization [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
- Food security [ Time Frame: 14 days ]Three-items (worry about food running out, food did not last, balanced meals)
- Cost-related medicine non-adherence [ Time Frame: 14 days ]Single item: "During the last two weeks, did you or any member of your household not take a medication, skip some doses, split pills or do anything else to make a medication last longer due to the cost?"

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- trouble "making ends meet at the end of the month" due to COVID-19 related disruptions
Exclusion Criteria:
- confirmed positive for COVID-19 based on laboratory testing
- current symptoms consistent with COVID-19

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04359264
Canada, Ontario | |
Municipality of Assiginack Family Health Team | |
Assiginack, Ontario, Canada, P0P 1N0 | |
St Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8 |
Responsible Party: | Unity Health Toronto |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04359264 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
20-081 |
First Posted: | April 24, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 7, 2020 |
Last Verified: | July 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
COVID-19 Respiratory Tract Infections Infections Pneumonia, Viral Pneumonia Virus Diseases |
Coronavirus Infections Coronaviridae Infections Nidovirales Infections RNA Virus Infections Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |