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Quality Control and Performance of HIV Rapid Tests in a Microbicide Clinical Trial in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

von Knorring, N; Gafos, M; Ramokonupi, M; Jentsch, U; (2012) Quality Control and Performance of HIV Rapid Tests in a Microbicide Clinical Trial in Rural KwaZulu-Natal. PLoS ONE , 7 (1) , Article e30728. 10.1371/journal.pone.0030728. Green open access

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Abstract

Background Quality control (QC) and evaluation of HIV rapid test procedures are an important aspect of HIV prevention trials. We describe QC and performance of two rapid tests, Determine™ and Uni-Gold™ used in a microbicide clinical trial in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Methods/Results Internal QC of both HIV rapid tests was conducted at the trial site using a Uni-Gold control kit (Uni-Gold™Recombigen® HIV). Both assays produced the expected results for a total of 4637 QC tests. Study participants were tested for HIV at screening and, if enrolled, at regular time points throughout the study. Positive or discordant results were confirmed by a double HIV immunoassay testing strategy at a local laboratory. Overall, 15292 HIV rapid test were performed. Sensitivity and specificity of Determine was 98.95% (95% CI: 97.72–99.61) and 99.83% (95% CI: 99.70–99.91) respectively [positive predictive value (PPV) 97.91% (95% CI: 96.38–98.92)], for Uni-Gold it was 99.30% (95% CI: 98.21–99.81) and 99.96% (95% CI: 99.88–99.99) respectively [PPV 99.47% (95% CI: 98.46–99.89)]. Conclusions The results suggest that a Uni-Gold control kit can be used for internal QC of both Uni-Gold and the HIV-1 component of the Determine rapid tests. Both rapid tests performed proficiently in the trial population.

Type: Article
Title: Quality Control and Performance of HIV Rapid Tests in a Microbicide Clinical Trial in Rural KwaZulu-Natal
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030728
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030728
Language: English
Additional information: © 2012 von Knorring et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology > MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1418535
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