AzTrials
AzTrials

Screening for Syphilis InfectionsSyphPocNCT00732355

Syph-Check Syphilis Antibody Point of Care (POC) Test

An observational study of Screening for Syphilis Infections, run by Healthcare Providers Direct, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

Official record
Search all trials

Trial summary

The study is designed to evaluate the performance of a rapid membrane test in a clinic or doctor's office setting to identify potential patients infected with syphilis and compare the results to currently licensed laboratory based tests. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Screening for Syphilis Infections
What is being tested?
Syph-Check POC
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
400 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2009to Sep 2010
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Point of Care clinics and doctor's office that test routine patients (both male and female), i.e. STD clinics, planned parenthood, pre-marital, blood donors, pre-employment, and general populations from different geographic locations having varying prevalence populations.

Who may be able to join

  • Men and Women will be eligible who:
  • are 18 years of age or older;
  • Routine "presumed uninfected" for screening visit, or show symptomatic signs of infection or are asymptomatic but are suspected of infection, and either/or have other STD disease conditions and infections, will be identified.
  • Pregnant women in the first and third trimester

Who cannot join

  • are under 18 years of age
  • unwillingness to give consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: One-Step Syphilis Point of Care Test for Rapid Immunoassay Screening of Antibodies to Treponema Pallidum

The study is designed to evaluate the performance of a rapid membrane test in a clinic or doctor's office setting to identify potential patients infected with syphilis and compare the results to currently licensed laboratory based tests.

Read the detailed description

The overall objectives of this study are to determine the performance characteristics of a candidate rapid point-of-care test (Syph-Check cassette format) for Treponema pallidum antibodies in serum, plasma and finger stick whole blood obtained from females and males attending sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinics, family planning / reproductive health clinics, and physician's office; and to compare the performance of this new, rapid test to currently licensed laboratory based tests, the non-treponemal RPR and a Treponemal ELISA or TPPA test.

Being tested
Syph-Check POC
Keywords
syphilis
Medical subject headings
Syphilis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Syph-Check POCDevice

    Also called RPR, TPPA, syphilis

    Rapid membrane test for syphilis antibodies

Study groups in NCT00732355
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Iknown syphilis infected patients
Receives: Device: Syph-Check POC
Upresumed uninfected patients
Receives: Device: Syph-Check POC

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Identify the sensitivity and specificity of the POC test versus accepted laboratory tests

    Measured: end of study

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Percent positive agreement data will include supplemental test results identified by infection categories and treatment as possible

    Measured: end of study

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 Aug 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2009
  3. Primary completionFeb 2010
  4. Study completionSep 2010

Why it stopped: insufficient patient populations

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
400 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00732355
Sponsor's protocol ID
SY-101
Acronym
SyphPoc
Status last verified
Feb 2016
First submitted
8 Aug 2008
Last updated
2 Mar 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Screening for Syphilis Infections, run by Healthcare Providers Direct, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Mar 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: insufficient patient populations). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Identify the sensitivity and specificity of the POC test versus accepted laboratory tests (time frame: end of study). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Mar 2016.

Free account

Log in to keep searching

You’ve used your 3 free searches. AzTrials is free: log in or create a free account to keep searching clinical trials and save the ones you want to follow.

Create a free accountLog in