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A 30-min nucleic acid amplification point-of-care test for genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in women: A prospective, multi-center study of diagnostic accuracy

A 30-min nucleic acid amplification point-of-care test for genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in women: A prospective, multi-center study of diagnostic accuracy
A 30-min nucleic acid amplification point-of-care test for genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in women: A prospective, multi-center study of diagnostic accuracy

Background: Rapid Point-Of-Care Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) may reduce onward transmission and reproductive sexual health (RSH) sequelae by reducing turnaround times between diagnosis and treatment. The io® single module system (Atlas Genetics Ltd.) runs clinical samples through a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)-based CT cartridge, delivering results in 30. min. Methods: Prospective diagnostic accuracy study of the io® CT-assay in four UK Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM)/RSH clinics on additional-to-routine self-collected vulvovaginal swabs. Samples were tested "fresh" within 10. days of collection, or "frozen" at -80. °C for later testing. Participant characteristics were collected to assess risk factors associated with CT infection. Results: CT prevalence was 7.2% (51/709) overall. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the io® CT assay were, respectively, 96.1% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 86.5-99.5), 97.7% (95%CI: 96.3-98.7), 76.6% (95%CI: 64.3-86.2) and 99.7% (95%CI: 98.9-100). The only risk factor associated with CT infection was being a sexual contact of an individual with CT. Conclusions: The io® CT-assay is a 30-min, fully automated, high-performing NAAT currently CE-marked for CT diagnosis in women, making it a highly promising diagnostic to enable specific treatment, initiation of partner notification and appropriately intensive health promotion at the point of care.

Chlamydia trachomatis, Diagnostic accuracy, Performance evaluation, Point-of-care, Rapid test, Risk factor
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Harding-Esch, E.M., Cousins, E.C., Chow, S.L.C., Phillips, L.T., Hall, C.L., Cooper, N., Fuller, S.S., Nori, A.V., Patel, R., Thomas-William, S., Whitlock, G., Edwards, S.J.E., Green, M., Clarkson, J., Arlett, B., Dunbar, J.K., Lowndes, C.M. and Sadiq, S.T. (2018) A 30-min nucleic acid amplification point-of-care test for genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in women: A prospective, multi-center study of diagnostic accuracy. EBioMedicine. (doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.12.029).

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Background: Rapid Point-Of-Care Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) may reduce onward transmission and reproductive sexual health (RSH) sequelae by reducing turnaround times between diagnosis and treatment. The io® single module system (Atlas Genetics Ltd.) runs clinical samples through a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)-based CT cartridge, delivering results in 30. min. Methods: Prospective diagnostic accuracy study of the io® CT-assay in four UK Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM)/RSH clinics on additional-to-routine self-collected vulvovaginal swabs. Samples were tested "fresh" within 10. days of collection, or "frozen" at -80. °C for later testing. Participant characteristics were collected to assess risk factors associated with CT infection. Results: CT prevalence was 7.2% (51/709) overall. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the io® CT assay were, respectively, 96.1% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 86.5-99.5), 97.7% (95%CI: 96.3-98.7), 76.6% (95%CI: 64.3-86.2) and 99.7% (95%CI: 98.9-100). The only risk factor associated with CT infection was being a sexual contact of an individual with CT. Conclusions: The io® CT-assay is a 30-min, fully automated, high-performing NAAT currently CE-marked for CT diagnosis in women, making it a highly promising diagnostic to enable specific treatment, initiation of partner notification and appropriately intensive health promotion at the point of care.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 December 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 January 2018
Keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis, Diagnostic accuracy, Performance evaluation, Point-of-care, Rapid test, Risk factor

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/417421
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Author: E.M. Harding-Esch
Author: E.C. Cousins
Author: S.L.C. Chow
Author: L.T. Phillips
Author: C.L. Hall
Author: N. Cooper
Author: S.S. Fuller
Author: A.V. Nori
Author: R. Patel
Author: S. Thomas-William
Author: G. Whitlock
Author: S.J.E. Edwards
Author: M. Green
Author: J. Clarkson
Author: B. Arlett
Author: J.K. Dunbar
Author: C.M. Lowndes
Author: S.T. Sadiq

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