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Evaluation of Chagas Blood Screening and Confirmatory Assays

Evaluation of ABBOTT PRISM Chagas Assay and Chagas Confirmatory Assay

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00718042
Enrollment
41862
Registered
2008-07-18
Start date
2008-06-30
Completion date
2009-09-30
Last updated
2012-03-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

healthy donors

Brief summary

Protocol designed to test blood samples from blood donors of whole blood and blood components using a new investigational screening test (PRISM Chagas) that detects antibody to T. cruzi (Chagas infection). Results will be compared to the current T. cruzi antibody screening assay. Specimens positive with the screening assay will be further tested with a new investigational Chagas confirmatory assay \[Enzyme Strip Assay (ESA) Chagas\]. Additional specimens collected under separate protocols or sourced from suppliers will also be provided to the clinical sites for testing with PRISM Chagas assay and ESA Chagas.

Interventions

DEVICEABBOTT PRISM Chagas Assay and Chagas Confirmatory Assay

Test blood donor sample with ABBOTT PRISM Chagas assay. If results are reactive, donor sample will be tested with Chagas Confirmatory assay. Donors reactive with screening assay or positive with confirmatory assay will be deferred and asked to return for a follow-up blood draw.

Sponsors

Abbott Diagnostics Division
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy donors that have consented to participate in study

Exclusion criteria

* N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
PRISM Chagas Specificity6 monthsTotal of 16,249 serum and plasma blood donor specimens tested with PRISM Chagas assay during design validation phase. Repeatedly reactive specimens were tested further with a supplemental assay \[radioimmune precipitation assay (RIPA)\].
PRISM Chagas Sensitivity6 monthsSpecimens from subjects known to be T cruzi parasite positive were tested with PRISM Chagas assay.
ESA Chagas Specificity3 monthsPreselected US blood donor specimens (330) presumed T cruzi antibody negative negative that were tested only with the investigational ESA Chagas.
ESA Chagas Sensitivity3 monthsSpecimens from individuals known to be T cruzi parasite positive were tested with ESA Chagas assay.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
PRISM Chagas Reactivity Serology Positive Specimens4 monthsTotal of 85 specimens from subjects from South America known to be positive for T cruzi antibodies and 202 US blood donor specimens that were repeatedly reactive on a licensed test for antibodies to T cruzi were tested with the PRISM Chagas assay and supplemental testing (RIPA).
ESA Chagas Testing in Chagas Endemic Population2 monthsSpecimen collected in Chagas endemic areas in South or Central America (524) tested with ESA Chagas and licensed test for T cruzi antibody. Specimens repeatedly reactive with either screening assay and/or ESA Chagas positive were tested with supplemental assay (RIPA). Presentation of ESA Chagas results for 132 specimens from a Chagas endemic population that were RIPA positive.
PRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic Population2 monthsPopulation of specimen collected in Chagas endemic area in South/Central America (524) were tested to demonstrate reactivity with the PRISM Chagas assay in a population with a 5% or greater prevalence of infection with T cruzi antibody. specimens tested with PRISM Chagas assay and licensed test for T cruzi antibody and if repeatedly reactive with either assay the specimens were tested with supplemental assay (RIPA). Data presented with PRISM Chagas and RIPA results.
ESA Chagas Testing of US Blood Donor Specimens Repeatedly Reactive by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas.15 monthsA total of 41,760 US blood donor specimens were tested by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas. Of these specimens, 58 out of 79 specimens were T cruzi antibody repeatedly reactive by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas (26 from 16,249 donor specimens tested in design validation phase and 32 from 25,511 specimens from the Chagas extended evaluation). Donor specimens that were repeatedly reactive with the licensed T cruzi antibody assay, but PRISM Chagas nonreactive (6) and specimens PRISM Chagas grayzone negative (15) were excluded from this analysis.
ESA Chagas Sensitivity in Serologically Positive Non-US Specimens3 monthsESA Chagas Sensitivity in a non-US population was determined for the 85 out of the total 287 serologically positive specimens (202 US Serology Positive specimens were excluded). These specimens were collected from individuals positive for T cruzi antibodies based on 2 different serologic tests for antibodies to T cruzi in Argentina and were tested with ESA Chagas.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

US blood donors specimens collected as part of routine blood donation (Specificity: 16313, Extended: 25549). Additional specimens included: 204 T cruzi antibody positive US blood donor; 110 parasite positive, 85 antibody positive, 525 Chagas endemic; and 330 unidentified US blood donor presumed T cruzi antibody negative were provided by Abbott.

Pre-assignment details

All subjects were assigned to one group and tested with the PRISM Chagas assay. There were no pre-screening criteria. Specimens repeatedly reactive with the screening assay were further evaluated with ESA Chagas. The 330 unidentified US blood donor specimens presumed T cruzi antibody negative were only tested with ESA Chagas.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas Specificity
All subject's blood tested by the investigational Chagas screening test.
16,313
Reactivity T Cruzi Antibody Positive
Specimen antibody positive for T cruzi antibody collected in South America (85) under separate specimen collection protocols and unidentified US blood donor specimens (202) were tested with investigational Chagas screening assay and with the Chagas confirmatory assay.
289
Reactivity in Chagas Endemic Population
Specimen collected in Chagas endemic area in South/Central America (524) under separate specimen collection protocol were tested with investigational Chagas screening assay and with the Chagas Confirmatory assay.
525
ESA Chagas Specificity
US blood donor specimen presumed antibody negative for T cruzi antibody were tested with investigational ESA Chagas.
330
Sensitivity Chagas Parasitology Positive Specimens
Specimen collected in South/Central America under separate specimen collection protocols were tested with investigational Chagas screening assay and with ESA Chagas.
110
Chagas Extended Evaluation
All subject's blood tested by the investigational Chagas screening test.
25,549
Total43,116

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003FG004FG005
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas TestingInsufficient sample011000
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas TestingNo result on comparator assay010000
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas TestingProtocol Violation64000360
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas TestingWithdrawal by Subject000020
Donor Follow-upLost to Follow-up13000190

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicESA Chagas SpecificitySensitivity Chagas Parasitology Positive SpecimensChagas Extended EvaluationTotalABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityReactivity T Cruzi Antibody PositiveReactivity in Chagas Endemic Population
Age, Customized
>= 18 years
330 Participants110 Participants25549 Participants42912 Participants16313 Participants85 Participants525 Participants
Age, Customized
Not Collected
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants204 Participants0 Participants204 Participants0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Argentina
0 participants76 participants0 participants337 participants0 participants85 participants176 participants
Region of Enrollment
Bolivia
0 participants22 participants0 participants22 participants0 participants0 participants0 participants
Region of Enrollment
Brazil
0 participants7 participants0 participants57 participants0 participants0 participants50 participants
Region of Enrollment
Guatemala
0 participants0 participants0 participants149 participants0 participants0 participants149 participants
Region of Enrollment
Panama
0 participants0 participants0 participants50 participants0 participants0 participants50 participants
Region of Enrollment
Peru
0 participants5 participants0 participants105 participants0 participants0 participants100 participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
330 participants0 participants25549 participants42396 participants16313 participants204 participants0 participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Female
0 Participant53 Participant0 Participant433 Participant0 Participant44 Participant336 Participant
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
0 Participant57 Participant0 Participant287 Participant0 Participant41 Participant189 Participant
Sex/Gender, Customized
Not Collected
330 Participant0 Participant25549 Participant42396 Participant16313 Participant204 Participant0 Participant

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 47
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 47

Outcome results

Primary

ESA Chagas Sensitivity

Specimens from individuals known to be T cruzi parasite positive were tested with ESA Chagas assay.

Time frame: 3 months

Population: Specimens from 110 subjects known to be positive for T cruzi parasite tested with ESA Chagas per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas SensitivityESA Chagas Positive110 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas SensitivityESA Chagas Negative0 participants
Primary

ESA Chagas Specificity

Preselected US blood donor specimens (330) presumed T cruzi antibody negative negative that were tested only with the investigational ESA Chagas.

Time frame: 3 months

Population: Determine percentage of donor specimens ESA Chagas negative in a presumed negative population per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Positive0 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Negative327 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Indeterminate3 participants
95% CI: [97.4, 99.8]Percentage Negative
Primary

PRISM Chagas Sensitivity

Specimens from subjects known to be T cruzi parasite positive were tested with PRISM Chagas assay.

Time frame: 6 months

Population: Specimens from 110 individuals known to be positive for T cruzi parasite were tested with PRISM Chagas assay per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas SensitivityPRISM Chagas Nonreactive0 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas SensitivityPRISM Chagas Reactive, Parasite Positive110 participants
95% CI: [96.7, 100]Sensitivity
Primary

PRISM Chagas Specificity

Total of 16,249 serum and plasma blood donor specimens tested with PRISM Chagas assay during design validation phase. Repeatedly reactive specimens were tested further with a supplemental assay \[radioimmune precipitation assay (RIPA)\].

Time frame: 6 months

Population: All fresh blood donor specimens tested with PRISM Chagas assay during design validation phase per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Negative23 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Nonreactive16223 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Positive3 participants
95% CI: [99.79, 99.91]Point Estimate
Secondary

ESA Chagas Sensitivity in Serologically Positive Non-US Specimens

ESA Chagas Sensitivity in a non-US population was determined for the 85 out of the total 287 serologically positive specimens (202 US Serology Positive specimens were excluded). These specimens were collected from individuals positive for T cruzi antibodies based on 2 different serologic tests for antibodies to T cruzi in Argentina and were tested with ESA Chagas.

Time frame: 3 months

Population: A total of 85 serum specimens from non-US individuals reactive for T cruzi antibodies per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Sensitivity in Serologically Positive Non-US SpecimensESA Chagas Positve85 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Sensitivity in Serologically Positive Non-US SpecimensESA Chagas Negative0 participants
Secondary

ESA Chagas Testing in Chagas Endemic Population

Specimen collected in Chagas endemic areas in South or Central America (524) tested with ESA Chagas and licensed test for T cruzi antibody. Specimens repeatedly reactive with either screening assay and/or ESA Chagas positive were tested with supplemental assay (RIPA). Presentation of ESA Chagas results for 132 specimens from a Chagas endemic population that were RIPA positive.

Time frame: 2 months

Population: Total of 132 out of the 524 specimens from Chagas endemic areas that were tested RIPA positive per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Testing in Chagas Endemic PopulationESA Chagas Postive, RIPA Positive130 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Testing in Chagas Endemic PopulationESA Chagas Indeterminate, RIPA Positive2 participants
Secondary

ESA Chagas Testing of US Blood Donor Specimens Repeatedly Reactive by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas.

A total of 41,760 US blood donor specimens were tested by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas. Of these specimens, 58 out of 79 specimens were T cruzi antibody repeatedly reactive by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas (26 from 16,249 donor specimens tested in design validation phase and 32 from 25,511 specimens from the Chagas extended evaluation). Donor specimens that were repeatedly reactive with the licensed T cruzi antibody assay, but PRISM Chagas nonreactive (6) and specimens PRISM Chagas grayzone negative (15) were excluded from this analysis.

Time frame: 15 months

Population: A total of 58 US blood donor specimens were PRISM Chagas repeatedly reactive were included per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Testing of US Blood Donor Specimens Repeatedly Reactive by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas.ESA Chagas Positive, RIPA Positive9 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityESA Chagas Testing of US Blood Donor Specimens Repeatedly Reactive by ABBOTT PRISM Chagas.ESA Chagas Positive, RIPA Negative49 participants
Secondary

PRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic Population

Population of specimen collected in Chagas endemic area in South/Central America (524) were tested to demonstrate reactivity with the PRISM Chagas assay in a population with a 5% or greater prevalence of infection with T cruzi antibody. specimens tested with PRISM Chagas assay and licensed test for T cruzi antibody and if repeatedly reactive with either assay the specimens were tested with supplemental assay (RIPA). Data presented with PRISM Chagas and RIPA results.

Time frame: 2 months

Population: Total of 524 specimens from Chagas endemic areas tested with PRISM Chagas per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic PopulationPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Positive129 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic PopulationPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Negative5 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic PopulationPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Indeterminate3 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic PopulationPRISM Chagas Nonreactive, RIPA Positive2 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic PopulationPRISM Chagas Nonreactive, RIPA Negative385 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity in Chagas Endemic PopulationPRISM Chagas Nonreactive, RIPA Indeterminate0 participants
Secondary

PRISM Chagas Reactivity Serology Positive Specimens

Total of 85 specimens from subjects from South America known to be positive for T cruzi antibodies and 202 US blood donor specimens that were repeatedly reactive on a licensed test for antibodies to T cruzi were tested with the PRISM Chagas assay and supplemental testing (RIPA).

Time frame: 4 months

Population: Total of 287 specimens presumed T cruzi antibody positive per protocol.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity Serology Positive SpecimensPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Positive224 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity Serology Positive SpecimensPRISM Chagas Reactive, RIPA Negative24 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity Serology Positive SpecimensPRISM Chagas Nonreactive, RIPA Negative39 participants
ABBOTT PRISM Chagas SpecificityPRISM Chagas Reactivity Serology Positive SpecimensPRISM Chagas Nonreactive, RIPA Positive0 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026