Clinical Evaluation of a New Highly Sensitive Thyroglobulin Assay in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Sera of 100 consecutive DTC patients after total thyroidectomy were to be collected at the
Department of Nuclear Medicine both under TSH-suppression therapy and under endogenous TSH
stimulation (TSH > 25 mU/l). All patients were staged by clinical examination, cervical
ultrasound (7.5 MHz), I-131 whole-body scintigraphy and – where applicable – F18-FDG-PET.
Written informed consent was obtained from all pts. Sera were taken in separation tubes
without anticoagulants and stored at -20°C until analysis. Sera were allowed to come to room
temperature prior to analysis.
Tg, TgR and TgAb concentrations were determined by fully automated two-site
chemiluminescence immunoassays (CLIA; Nichols Advantage®; Nichols Institute Diagnostics, San
Clemente, California). All 3 assays are based on the identical highly purified hTg material
for calibration (Tg), recovery (TgR) and antigen (TgAb; biotinylated and acridinium ester
labeled) for optimum comparability of test results.
In addition, Tg and TgR was measured by a fully automated two-site TRACE immunoassay (BRAHMS
Kryptor®, Brahms AG, Hennigsdorf, Germany) and TSH with a 3rd-generation CLIA assay (TSH-3,
Advia Centaur, Bayer Corporation).
Observational
Additional Descriptors: Convenience Sample, Primary Purpose: Screening, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional, Time Perspective: Prospective
Martin Biermann, MD
Principal Investigator
Münster University Hospital
Germany: Ethics Commission
CETAT
NCT00148213
September 2003
June 2005
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