Status: Recruiting
Emergency PWAS in Respiratory Infectious Disease
Develop an emergency PanorOmics Wide Association Study (ePWAS) for the early, rapid biological and pathophysiological characterisation of known and novel Infectious Diseases in adult patients presenting to emergency departments with suspected, acute, community-acquired respiratory infectious disease (scaRID). Phase 1 1. Develop an ED-ID biobank (named ePWAS-RID). Phase 2 2. Targeted research for the discovery of novel diagnostics, prognostics and therapeutics
Participants needed: 2,000
Trial details
Age: 18-100Biological sex: AllType: ObservationalSponsor: The University of Hong KongUpdated: May 12, 2026Locations: 1Duration: 1 Year
Eligibility criteria
Adults ≥18 years of age; AND [+13]
Refusal of consent; [+15]