Prospective Determination of COVID-19 Infection Rate in a Chemotherapy Unit in Mexico.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Cancer patients are considered vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. During the pandemic, cancer patients may need to continue their regular treatment of chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy and therefore must visit a hospital unit. As such, they may be at risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection by means of close contact to other patients and health care workers. Hospitals may implement policies to identify symptomatic subjects and limit their access to the chemotherapy / radiotherapy unit. However, asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients may escape these filters and potentially be contagious to other patients and their health-related workers that care for other several patients. Therefore, there is a real risk of an outbreak that affects a particularly fragile patient population. Patients and their doctors need to know what is the risk associated to visiting a chemotherapy unit in order to decide if the risk outweighs the benefits of cancer treatment in their particular case. To date, this risk is unknown. The study will test patients and health care workers for COVID-19 infection during the peak of the pandemic in a chemotherapy unit in Mexico in order to determine this risk.

Detailed Description
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In this is prospective cohort, patients with solid tumors and healthcare workers of the chemotherapy and radiotherapy unit at our center will be followed with a daily digital survey and optionally with biweekly PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2. People with symptoms and / or with a positive PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 will be notified and recommendations according to clinical state will be emitted. Hypothesis: COVID-19 infection rate among patients with solid tumors treated with chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy will be less than 5% during the pandemic period.

Official Title
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Prospective Determination of COVID-19 Infection Rate in Patients With Solid Tumors and Healthcare Workers of the Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Unit at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador.

Conditions
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Covid19, Cancer, Tumor

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients with solid tumors receiving active oncological treatment (chemotherapy, or radiotherapy or biologic therapy) at our center. Age: no limit Gender: men and women. Health-related worker treating patients with solid tumors at the chemotherapy and radiotherapy unit at our center. People who sign an informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: Patients with an hematologic cancer. Patients with cancer under surveillance or without active oncological treatment, or receiving treatment in another center.
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Patients with solid tumors<br>Patients with solid tumors under chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy treatment at our center. | |
| Healthcare workers<br>Healthcare workers at the chemotherapy and radiotherapy unit in our center. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in patients with solid tumors. | Determination of SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among patients with solid tumors treated with chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy during the pandemic period. | From June 2020 to September 2020. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Covid19, Cancer