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Blood Products Advisory Committee Meeting. April 26, 2007 Ben Marchlewicz, Ph.D. PRISM R&D, Program Manager. Abbott’s approach to Chagas Testing PRISM Chagas Description of the assay Performance Chagas Confirmatory Description of the assay Performance.
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Blood Products Advisory Committee Meeting April 26, 2007 Ben Marchlewicz, Ph.D. PRISM R&D, Program Manager
Abbott’s approach to Chagas Testing • PRISM Chagas • Description of the assay • Performance • Chagas Confirmatory • Description of the assay • Performance
Abbott’s Strategy in Blood Screeningfor Chagas Disease Develop a recombinant antigen based assay for antibodies to T. cruzi on the PRISM platform • Well-characterized antigens • Presenting multiple epitopes • Non-biohazardous Develop a recombinant antigen based Confirmatory assay for resolution of PRISM Repeat Reactive specimens.
PRISM Chagas Screening Assay Design Configuration Dual rAg Coated mP, Single mAb Conjugate, Two–Step Assay
Multi-epitope Recombinant Antigens used in PRISM Chagas Assay
Specificity Random Donors
Specificity Cross Reactivity with other Parasitic Infections
Sensitivity PRISM Chagas Assay SensitivityChagas Positive Specimens (confirmed by RIPA) 100% Sensitivity
Design of Chagas Confirmatory Immunostrip Anti-hIgG (Sample Addition CTL) hIgG-H CTL hIgG-L CTL (Cut-off) 4 rAgs for anti-T. cruzi detection TcF FP3 FP6 FP10 ID# Test Bands On-board CTL bands
Sensitivity * Also reactive in PRISM Assay & 2 reference ELISA’s 100% Sensitivity
Chagas Specimens Paneln = 410(All are confirmed RIPA positive)
Specificity Unscreened Random Blood Donors * Also reactive in PRISM Assay & 2 reference ELISA’s 100% Resolved Specificity
Specificity Unrelated Medical Conditions * Also reactive in PRISM Assay & 2 reference ELISA’s 100% Resolved Specificity
Specificity Cross Reactivity with other Parasitic Infections
Summary A fully automated blood screening assay for antibodies to T. Cruzi, on the PRISM system,is under development; Along with an Immunoblot Confirmatory assay, that can be performed on site, to confirm Repeat Reactive specimens to aid in donor management.