- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03303508
Measurement of Anti-dsDNA by Both CLIFT & ELISA
Detection Of Anti-Double Stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid Antibodies In Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: Comparison Between Immunofluorescence And Enzyme Immunoassay
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases are autoimmune disorders presented with joint and muscles manifestations. However, other organs may be involved at a varying degree in different conditions. They are also called connective tissue diseases (CTDs) or collagen diseases. They include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjiogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic sclerosis, polymyositis and dermatomyositis and mixed connective tissue disease (Peakman and Vergani, 2009).
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases are characterized by presence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA). These antibodies are involved in the disease pathogenesis, and their presence in patients' sera constitutes one of the criteria used (together with the clinical manifestations) for disease diagnosis (Stevens, 2010). ANA include autoantibodies to extractable nuclear antigens and autoantibodies to histones and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
Anti-DNA antibodies include those against single and double stranded DNA (ssDNA and dsDNA, respectively). Anti-dsDNA antibodies are recognized as diagnostic markers of SLE and as indicators of SLE disease activity, especially in lupus nephritis (Zigon et al., 2011).However, high anti-dsDNA levels are found only in 50-70% of SLE patients. So, negative anti-dsDNA test does not exclude SLE Also, anti-dsDNA antibodies can be detected in other autoimmune diseases such as RA and SjS, as well as in healthy blood donors (Zigon et al., 2011).The significance of anti-dsDNA in SLE diagnosis and in monitoring SLE disease activity has led to an increase in this test laboratory requests as well as in the number of commercially available kits (Chiaro et al., 2011).
The kits that are used in detection and quantitation of anti-dsDNA antibodies include:
- Radioimmunoassay methods developed according to Farr technique (FARR-RIA) (Wold et al., 1968). However, due to the use of radioactive element in the Farr assay, it is not widely used in the routine diagnostic laboratory work (Mahler and Fritzler, 2007).
- Crithidia luciliae immunofluorescence test (CLIFT) developed by Aarden et al (1975) detects anti-dsDNA by indirect immunofluorescence using the hemoflagellate Crithidia luciliae which contains kinetoplast that contains a high concentration of native (dsDNA) DNA (Zigon et al., 2011). However, reading and interpretation of the immunoflourescence is subjective and depends on the experience and training of the laboratory personnel which could affects the test results (Chiaro et al., 2011).
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) is simple to perform, does not require highly trained operators and can be automated. Therefore, it is becoming the most widely used method (Kumar et al., 2009).With the increasing number of anti-dsDNA ELISA assays, the potential for variability in the diagnostic accuracies is enormous as different antigens, assay principles and cutoff determinations are employed (Chiaro et al., 2011). Anti- dsDNA ELISAs may give false-positive results due to binding of immune complexes to the pre-coat intermediates (Zigon et al., 2011).
In the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Assiut University Hospital, we shifted from manual ELISA kits to automated ELISA platform (Alegria system, Orgentec Diagnostika, Germany) and recently CLIFT was introduced in the laboratory.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- The study will include patients with suspected diagnosis of autoimmune rheumatic diseases referred to the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pathology Department, Assiut University Hospital for anti-dsDNA test. Patients will be recruited into the study within period of one year.
Also, apparently healthy subjects (at least 25 subjects; according to international method verification guidelines) will be included as a control group
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects refused to be included in the study. Patients without a definite diagnosis of autoimmune rheumatic disease
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Other: anti-ds DNA
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venous blood samples
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Comparison Between Immunofluorescence and Enzyme Immunoassay
Time Frame: one year
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Verfication of the anti-dsDNA examination methods used in the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Assiut University Hospital.
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one year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Detection of Anti-Double Stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid Antibodies in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Time Frame: one year
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Verfication of the anti-dsDNA examination
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one year
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CLIFT & ELISA
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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