Evaluation of CL Detect™ Rapid Test to Detect Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Completed

• Conditions: Skin Diseases

• Registration Number: NCT01865032
• Lead Sponsor: U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Brief Summary

This study is a single-site trial assessing the specificity of CL Detect™ Rapid Test versus the gold standard for Leishmania diagnosis in the US which is microscopic identification of Leishmania amastigotes in a stained lesion sample. Subjects will be patients who present for dermatology consultation with a primarily ulcerated lesion. After informed consent is obtained and the subject is screened for eligibility, 2 diagnostic samples will be collected from the subject's lesion in the following order: 1) one sample will be obtained with a dental broach for use with the CL Detect™ Rapid Test and 2) a second sample will be obtained by scraping for use in the microscopic identification of amastigotes. Samples will be analyzed by microscopy and CL Detect™ Rapid Test. The CL Detect™ Rapid Test will be performed by different operators who are clinical staff members. These staff members, blinded to each other's results, will evaluate the samples from each method independently. Each of the 150 study subjects will be followed administratively to the point where a diagnosis is established (if possible) for their tested lesion, even if that diagnosis is not cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). If a specific diagnosis cannot be determined for a non-CL lesion, the investigator will assign a "likely etiology" (eg, infectious, oncological, immunological, vascular, or "undetermined/other" origin). Based on the diagnosis determined for each lesion, subjects will be referred for appropriate treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-30
• Study Start: 2013-06
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2014-04
• Status Verified: 2014-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 2014-09-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• At least 18 years of age
• Subject is able to give written informed consent
• Subject has a skin ulcer that satisfies the following criteria for an index lesion:
• less than 4 months in age
• primarily ulcerative, not purely verrucous or nodular, and does not have clear clinical evidence of cellulitis
• in a location suitable for collecting samples by dental broach and scraping
• In the opinion of the investigator, the subject is capable of understanding and complying with the protocol

Exclusion Criteria

• Received treatment for leishmaniasis or any treatment to the lesion even if not previously diagnosed as leishmaniasis such as azoles, cryotherapy, imiquimod, thermotherapy, photodynamic therapy, within 2 months prior to signing the consent form, with the exception of mercurochrome

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Specificity	1 hour	Specificity will be presented for the CL Detect™ Rapid Test device against the reference method (microscopy). Specificity will be calculated as the number of true negatives divided by the sum of the number of true negatives plus the number of false positives times 100%.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
False negative rate	1 hour	β, type 2 error, calculated as 1-sensitivity times 100%
False positive rate	1 hour	α, type 1 error, calculated as 1-specificity times 100%

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States