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The Longitudinal PTH-Study

Intact Versus Biointact Assays for Longitudinal Assessment of Parathyroid Hormone - The Longitudinal PTH Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03464149
Enrollment
132
Registered
2018-03-13
Start date
2018-03-20
Completion date
2019-08-07
Last updated
2020-06-25

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Conditions

CKD-MBD - Chronic Kidney Disease Mineral and Bone Disorder, Kidney Replacement, Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Brief summary

The main study aim is to quantify the agreement between the analytical results provided by two third generation and two second generation Parathyroid hormone (PTH) assays. The primary comparison will be performed between the second-generation PTH assayIntact PTH assay from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. and the third-generation PTH assay biointact (1-84) from Roche Diagnostics in terms of a Bland-Altman analysis. Several studies have evaluated the correlation between various PTH assays at a single time-point, but no previous study has tested the hypothesis that longitudinal changes in PTH levels, which are important for making treatment decisions, can be monitored by several PTH assays alike. To this aim, the key secondary objective is to analyze the longitudinal variance in PTH over the course of 1 year, using each of two assays of the second and third generations, respectively. Other secondary objectives include determining changes in serum phosphate, serum calcium, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), with respect to treatment decisions. For clinical applicability of the results to be obtained here, an important goal of the present study will be not to influence treatment decisions, which will remain independent of the study investigators, at the full responsibility of the hemodialysis physicians. At every quarterly blood draw over the course of one year, the investigators will freeze the serum from 100 patients, and at the end of 4 quarters the investigators will analyze PTH-levels using the following assays: Intact Parathyroid Hormone (Advia Centaur, Siemens Healthcare), PTH-Intact (Cobas, Roche), PTH (1-84) - The agreement between the PTH assays will be analyzed at baseline, as well as at the subsequent quarterly evaluation time-points by Bland-Altman analysis and complemented by Passing-Bablok regression. The longitudinal changes in PTH will be displayed graphically and analyzed by estimating the within-patient variance across time, the between patient variance at each time-point as well as effects on the mean log-PTH level due to course of disease and therapeutic interventions from a linear mixed model.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTOne armed study, blood from each patient is analysed by four assays ( two 3rd generation and two 2nd generation assays)

Intact PTH Assay (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc); LIAISON 1-84 PTH Assay (Diasorin); PTH (1-84), biointact (Roche Diagnostics); PTH, intact (Roche Diagnostics)

Sponsors

Medical University of Vienna
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* All patients who were undergoing uninterrupted hemodialysis or hemodiafiltration at the Chronic Hemodialysis Unit of the Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna between November 1st, 2017 and December 31st, 2018. * Existence of residual blood samples from four successive quarterly routine controls * Age ≥ 18 years * The test result of the assay must not have any diagnostic value or therapeutic consequence for the patients included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

* Death during the observational period (all patients must have lived through the 1-year period and must have all 4 quarterly blood draws performed on them). * Age \<18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Longitudinal change in PTH levels measured in [pg/ml]Timepoints of four consecutive quarterly routine controls per patient (month 1; month 4 ; month 8, month 12)PTH levels as measured by the second and third generation assays

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Longitudinal within-patient change of PTH levels in [pg/ml]Timepoints of four consecutive quarterly routine controls per patient (month 1; month 4 ; month 8, month 12)Longitudinal within-patient variance of PTH over the course of 1 year, using each of two assays of the second and third generations, respectively.
Serum Calcium levelsTimepoints of four consecutive quarterly routine controls per patient (month 1; month 4 ; month 8, month 12)Serum Calcium levels
Serum Phosphate levelsTimepoints of four consecutive quarterly routine controls per patient (month 1; month 4 ; month 8, month 12)Serum Phosphate levels as measured by quarterly routine controls
Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23Timepoints of four consecutive quarterly routine controls per patient (month 1; month 4 ; month 8, month 12)Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) as measured in quarterly routine controls

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

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