Evaluation of CL Detect™ Rapid Test to Detect Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skin Diseases

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01865032

S-12-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a single-site trial assessing the specificity of CL Detect™ Rapid Test versus the gold standard for Leishmania diagnosis in the US which is microscopic identification of Leishmania amastigotes in a stained lesion sample. Subjects will be patients who present for dermatology consultation with a primarily ulcerated lesion. After informed consent is obtained and the subject is screened for eligibility, 2 diagnostic samples will be collected from the subject's lesion in the following order: 1) one sample will be obtained with a dental broach for use with the CL Detect™ Rapid Test and 2) a second sample will be obtained by scraping for use in the microscopic identification of amastigotes. Samples will be analyzed by microscopy and CL Detect™ Rapid Test. The CL Detect™ Rapid Test will be performed by different operators who are clinical staff members. These staff members, blinded to each other's results, will evaluate the samples from each method independently. Each of the 150 study subjects will be followed administratively to the point where a diagnosis is established (if possible) for their tested lesion, even if that diagnosis is not cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). If a specific diagnosis cannot be determined for a non-CL lesion, the investigator will assign a "likely etiology" (eg, infectious, oncological, immunological, vascular, or "undetermined/other" origin). Based on the diagnosis determined for each lesion, subjects will be referred for appropriate treatment.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• At least 18 years of age
• Subject is able to give written informed consent
• Subject has a skin ulcer that satisfies the following criteria for an index lesion:
• less than 4 months in age
• primarily ulcerative, not purely verrucous or nodular, and does not have clear clinical evidence of cellulitis
• in a location suitable for collecting samples by dental broach and scraping
• In the opinion of the investigator, the subject is capable of understanding and complying with the protocol

Exclusion criteria

• Received treatment for leishmaniasis or any treatment to the lesion even if not previously diagnosed as leishmaniasis such as azoles, cryotherapy, imiquimod, thermotherapy, photodynamic therapy, within 2 months prior to signing the consent form, with the exception of mercurochrome

Trial design

150 participants in 1 patient group

Skin Ulcers

Description:

Skin ulcers. No intervention. Subjects will be followed up by their respective primary providers.