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CompletedNCT04904835Updated May 6, 2026

Access HBV Assays - European Union (EU) Clinical Trial Protocol -

An observational study in HBV, sponsored by Beckman Coulter, Inc.. Completed at 5 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-06.

Sponsored by Beckman Coulter, Inc. (part of Danaher Corporation) · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
21,210
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this protocol is the collection and testing of clinical samples to determine the clinical performance of the Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer.

The study will involve a multicenter, prospective and retrospective collection of samples, and testing of samples with the investigational Hepatitis B Virus assays as required per the European Union Common Technical Specification. All samples collected will be anonymized or pseudo-anonymised, leftover, remnant samples. Pseudo-anonymised collection of samples will require documented patient consent (oral or written).

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Sensitivity to final status on presumed HBV serological marker positive subjects will be calculated. Specificity will be calculated from hospitalized patients and blood donors specimens. False Initial Reactive Rate will be calculated on fresh hospitalized patient samples for Access HBsAg assay only (Qualitative).

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Conditions studied

  • HBV

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Keywords

  • Hepatitis B surface Antigen (HBsAg)
  • Total hepatitis B core Antibody (HBcT)
  • Hepatitis B e Antigen (HBeAg)
  • Hepatitis B e Antibody (HBeAb)
  • Hepatitis B surface Antibody (HBsAb)
  • IgM Antibody to hepatitis B core Antigen (HBc IgM)
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In context

Hepatitis B

1,045 studies on the registry are indexed under Hepatitis B; 139 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 21,210 is above the median of 365 across 251 observational studies indexed under Hepatitis B.

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Lead sponsor

Beckman Coulter, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 31 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

First submitted after Beckman Coulter, Inc. became part of Danaher Corporation.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

The test population includes :

  1. 16,400 Unselected blood donors from at least 2 donation centers
  2. 2,700 Hospitalized patients
  3. 450 Presumed HBsAg positive patients
  4. 150 Patients having recovered from natural HBV infection, presumed Anti-HBs positive
  5. 300 Patients having received HBV vaccination, presumed Anti-HBs positive
  6. 450 Presumed Anti-HBc Total positive patients
  7. 220 Presumed Anti-HBc IgM positive patients 8-220 Presumed HBeAg positive patients

9- 220 Presumed Anti-HBe positive patients 10- 100 Patients with chronic HBV infection TOTAL n=21,210

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subject aged ≥ 18 years,
  • Subject who has provided consent (oral or written) or sample collected under waiver
  • With sufficient volume to perform clinical trial testing
  • And belonging to one of the following enrollment groups:

    • Unselected blood donors
    • Hospitalized patients
    • Presumed positive patients by Confirmatory testing of a CE-marked assay
    • Patients having recovered from natural HBV infection, presumed Anti-HBs positive (i.e. Anti-HBs and Anti-HBc Total positive by CE-marked assays)
    • Patients having received HBV vaccination, presumed Anti-HBs positive (confirmed by testing at the time of enrollment, i.e. positive for Anti-HBs and negative for Anti-HBc by CE-marked assays).
    • Presumed Anti-HBc Total positive patients by a CE-marked assay
    • Presumed Anti-HBc IgM positive patients by a CE-marked assay with acute/recent HBV infection 8
    • Presumed HBeAg positive patients by a CE-marked assay
    • Presumed Anti-HBe positive patients by a CE-marked assay
    • Patients with chronic HBV infection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Samples from subjects already included in the study* (* Patient can be included only once per marker study, but can potentially be enrolled for several separate HBV marker studies.)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrollment
21,210 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Unselected blood donors

    leftover samples from unselected blood donors from at least 2 donation centers. Leftover samples to be tested by Access HBV serological marker assays and CE-marked (european compliance marked) predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Hospitalized patients

    Leftover samples to be tested by Access HBV serological marker assays and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Presumed HBsAg positive patients

    Leftover samples from patients at different stages of HBV infection (acute and chronic, minimum 10 per stage of infection), HBsAg positive by a Confirmatory testing of a CE-marked assay, including ≥ 25 "same day" fresh samples (tested ≤1 day after sampling), and minimum 20 high positive samples (\>26 IU/mL) and minimum 20 samples in the cut-off range. If not enough samples in the cut-off range are obtained during the clinical trial, additional HBsAg specimens in the cut-off range will be tested by Research \&Development to fit with Common Technical Specification requirements. Leftover samples to be tested by Access HBsAg assays and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Patients having recovered from natural HBV infection, presumed Anti-HBs positive

    Leftover samples from Patients positive for Anti-HBs and Anti-HBc Total by CE-marked assays. Target is to have at least ¾ of them recovered without HBV antiviral treatment. Leftover samples to be tested by Access anti-HBs assay and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Patients having received HBV vaccination, presumed Anti-HBs positive

    Leftover samples Confirmed as vaccinated by testing at the time of enrollment (i.e. positive for Anti-HBs and negative for Anti-HBc by CE-marked assays).Leftover samples to be tested by Access anti-HBs assay and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Presumed Anti-HBc Total positive patients

    Leftover samples from Patients at different stage of infection (acute, chronic or recovered, minimum 10 per stage of infection) positive for Anti-HBc Total by a CE-marked assay, including ≥ 25 "same day" fresh samples (tested ≤1 day after sampling). Leftover samples to be tested by Access anti-HBc Total and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Presumed Anti-HBc IgM positive patients

    left over samples from Patients with acute/recent HBV infection, positive for Anti-HBc IgM by a CE-marked assay. Leftover samples to be tested by Access anti-HBc IgM assay and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Presumed HBeAg positive patients

    Leftover samples from Patients at different stages of infection (acute and chronic, minimum 5 per stage of infection), positive for HBeAg by a CE-marked assay. Leftover samples to be tested by Access HBeAg assay and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Presumed Anti-HBe positive patients7

    Leftover samples from Patients at different stages of infection (chronic and recovered, minimum 5 per stage of infection), positive for Anti-HBe by a CE-marked assay. Leftover samples to be tested by Access anti-HBe assay and CE-marked predicate assays

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

  • Patients with chronic HBV infection

    Leftover samples to be tested by Access anti-HBc IgM assay and CE-marked predicate assay

    Diagnostic Test: Access HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testAccess HBV serological marker assays on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer and CE-marked predicate assays

    All samples will be tested with both CE-marked HBV serological predicate assays (HBsAg, HBsAb, HBcT, HBc IgM, HBeAb, and/or HBeAg assays) and Access HBV serological assays (HBsAg, HBsAb, HBcT, HBc IgM, HBeAb, and/or HBeAg assays) according to respective Instructions For Use to determine non-reactive (NR), initially reactive (IR), repeatedly reactive (RR), or confirmed or not confirmed Positive.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic accuracy measured as sensitivity and specificity

    The endpoint will be diagnostic accuracy measured as sensitivity and specificity of Access HBV serological assays compared to sample status determined by specific testing algorithm for each HBV marker

    Time frame: Baseline

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Study locations

5 sites
  • Centre de Ressources Biologiques Biobanque de Picardie CHU Amiens-Picardie
    Amiens, 80054, France
  • Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS) Hauts-de-France - Normandie
    Bois-Guillaume, 76232, France
  • Cerba Xpert
    Frépillon, 95740, France
  • Eurofins Biomnis
    Ivry-sur-Seine, 94208, France
  • Laboratoire de Virologie, Laboratoire associé au CNR du VIH Institut de Biologie Clinique ; hôpital C : Nicolle, CHU Rouen
    Rouen, 76031, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Dzamitika S, Boulaire FL, Coignard C, Vincent C, Plantier JC, Lemee V, Greaume S, Voisin I, Brochot E, Herpe YE, Demirdjian G, Karagueuzian M, Afful D, Bayoud R, Hey J. Performance evaluation of the Access anti-HBc Total assay on the DxI 9000 Access Immunoassay Analyzer. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024 Sep;110(1):116303. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116303. Epub 2024 Apr 20. PubMed 38838460 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 6, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04904835
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 27, 2021
Start date
Oct 15, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 9, 2025
Completion
Mar 5, 2026
Last update
May 6, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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