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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05579821
Other study ID # FE006C
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date September 15, 2022
Est. completion date June 30, 2023

Study information

Verified date November 2023
Source Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Fever management is a major problem in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) where access to good quality diagnostic test is often unavailable. Fever due to typhoid is similar to other undifferentiated febrile illnesses and typhoid can be mistaken with other vector borne febrile illnesses such as scrub typhus. Currently available diagnostic tests, blood and bone marrow culture, and RDTs have several limitations including a low sensitivity and specificity . Recently, several antigens of Salmonella Typhi useful for serodiagnosis of typhoid has been identified. Salmonella Typhi lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and hemolysin E (HlyE) have been identified as top candidate antigens by several studies to differentiate acute typhoid patients from healthy individuals. DPP® Typhoid Assay is a multiplex rapid test that detects IgA antibodies to LPS and HlyE antigen. It is considered to have high sensitivity and specificity and its results were found to be highly correlated with ELISA results. However, very few studies have been conducted to evaluate this test and limited information about the accuracy of this test is present. Hence, this study will evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of this test in archived serum sample of well characterized blood culture positives and negatives in support of new innovation on typhoid diagnostics.


Description:

Typhoid is an acute febrile illness caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). Annually, an estimated 11-21 million people become infected with typhoid fever and 128000-161000 people die from the disease . It is commonly transmitted through consumption of contaminated food or water. Low and middle-income countries and areas with poor access to safe water, food and sanitation are at higher risk of infection. Blood and bone marrow culture is considered as the mainstay for laboratory confirmation of typhoid. However, it is expensive, requires specific laboratory equipment and technical expertise and takes longer time to generate results. Several RDTs and Widal test are available which do not require specialized laboratory and well-trained staff but lack sensitivity and specificity. Several studies have been done for identification of promising antigens that can be used to develop an accurate serodiagnostic assay. S. Typhi lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and hemolysin E (HlyE) have been identified as top candidate antigens by several studies to differentiate acute typhoid patients from healthy individuals. HlyE is a pore-forming toxin that affects bacterial growth within human macrophages and contributes to the cytotoxicity and invasion of epithelial cells. Dual Path Platform (DPP) Typhoid Assay of Chembio is a point-of-care (POC) immunochromatographic technology which has the capability of measuring IgA response in blood, plasma and serum to both LPS and HlyE. A previous study done on this POC showed promising sensitivity and specificity to diagnose typhoid.Thus, the current study aims to assess the sensitivity and specificity of DPP ® Typhoid Assay using blood culture as the reference point.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 387
Est. completion date June 30, 2023
Est. primary completion date November 30, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers
Gender All
Age group 2 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Inclusion criteria identical to the prior prospective study in AKU (Protocol ref number: FE006) - Serum stored frozen at AKU as a part of afore mentioned study and cold-chain maintained. Exclusion Criteria: - Samples whose reference standard data (Blood culture report) are not available in FIND's OpenClinica database.

Study Design


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Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
Typhoid DPP assay
The index test used in this study diagnose typhoid fever by detecting IgA antibodies against LPS and HlyE antigen in patient's serum.

Locations

Country Name City State
Pakistan Aga Khan University Karachi

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland Aga Khan University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Point estimates of sensitivity and specificity with 95% confidence interval of DPP Typhoid assay using blood culture as reference standard October 2022
Secondary Estimates of operational characteristics of DPP Typhoid Assay, based on quantitative assessment including invalid rates Nov 2022
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