Performance Characteristics of AlereCOMBO and Alere q Detect in an HIV PrEP Program in Thailand
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- HIV test results
研究概览
简要总结
Two new rapid HIV tests by Alere™ have the potential to substantially decrease the window period for rapid tests. First, the Alere™ HIV Combo is a rapid fourth generation test. The performance in a laboratory based setting was recently assessed at the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic Laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand (personal communication). Of 50 confirmed acute HIV samples, Alere™ HIV Combo could detect 37 (74%), while none of these 50 cases could be identified by the currently used third generation tests. These data have not yet been published, but the preliminary results indicate a very favorable performance of the Alere™ HIV Combo in a facility-based laboratory setting.
Second, the Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect is a qualitative, cartridge based, nucleic acid amplification test designed for Point of Care use. Data from several early infant diagnosis studies in Sub-Saharan African countries have assessed the performance of the Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect. The test was performed in the field, by a range of health professionals, from nurses and laboratory technicians to medical doctors. The pooled analysis showed a sensitivity of 99.07% (95%CI 95.48 - 99.95%) and a specificity of 99.94% (99.72-100%).
详细描述
This will be a prospective study, collecting blood samples from individuals receiving PrEP at one of two drop-in centers in Bangkok, Thailand:
Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand (RSAT) and Service Worker IN Group (SWING). RSAT is a community-based organization for people with sexual diversity (MSM, gay, transgender, lesbians, and bisexual), and has specific programs for MSM, transgender and lesbian health. SWING promotes HIV prevention among male and female sex workers and provides both community outreach and clinical services at their center. Both locations offer PrEP as part of their service.
Participants who visit the DICs seeking to receive PrEP will undergo HIV testing at several time points: before receiving PrEP (Month 0), one month after starting PrEP (Month 1), three months after starting PrEP (Month 3), and every three months thereafter.
The routine HIV testing algorithm in the DIC is as follows:
- Determine® HIV-1/2 (Alere Medical Co., Ltd.), if reactive followed by two other rapid 3rd generation immunochromatography anti-HIV tests. These are all rapid tests on whole blood as collected by finger prick, performed by trained community health workers in the DIC.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Will start receiving PrEP at one of the participating clinics
- •18 years or older
- •Willing to provide informed consent
排除标准
- •Not receiving PrEP at one of the participating clinics
- •HIV-infected
结局指标
主要结局
HIV test results
时间窗: 5 years
The HIV test results will be reported by number and proportions for Alere™ HIV Combo, Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect and the standard HIV testing algorithms; the number of acute HIV infections detected by Alere™ HIV Combo and Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect will be calculated as the proportion of the total number of participants who have confirmed acute HIV infection. The reliability and validity assessment of Alere™ HIV Combo and Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect will be compared with the standard HIV testing and we will present the results as the sensitivity, specificity, number of false positives and number of false negatives. The measuring agreement of HIV test results will be compared between the standard HIV testing algorithms and Alere™ HIV Combo, the standard HIV testing algorithms and Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect.
次要结局
未报告次要终点