An observational study in FSH Assay, sponsored by UMC Utrecht. Completed at 1 site in Netherlands. Open to female participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-05-16.
Sponsored by UMC Utrecht · Observational
The purpose of this study is to test the validity of our in-house chemiluminescence assay for measurement of folliclestimulating hormone (FSH) serum levels before and during exogenous recombinant FSH (rFSH) administration.
Study question Does our in-house Beckman-Coulter Unicel DXi800 (Woerden, the Netherlands) chemiluminescence assay completely and consistently recover added known quantities of FSH on top of a known basal serum FSH concentration?
Spiking-recovery experiment The investigators propose a spiking-recovery experiment in which 30 serum samples of different women with basal FSH concentration varying between 0-14 IU/L will be divided into two equal volume parts and spiked with a specific concentration of rFSH (Gonal-F, follitropin alpha; Merck Serono) which will provide a calculated rise in FSH concentration similar to in vivo serum levels.
To perform more reliable testing, the samples will be tested over multiple days.
Basal FSH spiking experiment In the table below an example is given of different basal FSH levels spiked with rFSH diluted 2000 times and the theoretical rise in serum that should be established.
Gonal F concentration is 600 U/L but this concentration unit cannot directly be compared to the units used for the for the routine serum FSH measurement (IU/L). From a pilot experiment the investigators know that on average 60% of rFSH is picked up by the Beckman-Coulter assay.
Buffer spiking In order to determine whether recovery is also influenced by properties of blood serum, the investigators will conduct another spiking experiment in which different concentrations of rFSH will be added to an amount of buffer, with no basal [FSH]; 0,1 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.4 with 1-2% of bovine serum albumin (BSA). A calibration line will be constructed with 6 concentrations of recF: range 0-40 U/L.
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Bloodserum samples of 30 women with basal FSH concentration varying between 0-14 IU/L.
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Recovery rate
Recovery rate of recombinant FSH in blood serum as measured by our in-house assay
Time frame: 1 day
The record gives a start of Aug 2015, a primary completion of Apr 2017 and a completion of Apr 2017. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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