Publication
Title
Matching diagnostics development to clinical need : target product profile development for a point of care test for community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection
Author
Institution/Organisation
RAPP-ID Consortium
Abstract
Background Point of care tests (POCTs) are increasingly being promoted for guiding the primary medical care of community acquired lower respiratory tract infections (CA-LRTI). POCT development has seldom been guided by explicitly identified clinical need and requirements of the intended users. Approaches for identifying POCT priorities and developing target product profiles (TPPs) for POCTs in primary medical care are not well developed, and there is no published TPP for a CA-LRTI POCT aimed at developed countries. Methods We conducted workshops with expert stakeholders and a survey with primary care clinicians to produce a target product profile (TPP) to guide the development of a clinically relevant and technologically feasible POCT for CA-LRTI. Results Participants with clinical, academic, industrial, technological and basic scientific backgrounds contributed to four expert workshops, and 45 practicing primary care clinicians responded to an online survey and prioritised community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as the CA-LRTI where a new POCT was most urgently needed. Consensus was reached on a TPP document that included information on the intended niche in the clinical pathway in primary medical care; diagnostic product specification (intended use statement and test concept), and minimum and ideal user specifications. Clinicians minimum requirements of a CA-LRTI POCT included the use of minimally invasive samples, a result in less than 30 minutes, no more than a single preparation step, minimum operational requirements, and detection of common respiratory pathogens and their resistance to commonly prescribed Conclusions This multidisciplinary, multistage partnership approach generated a clinically-driven TPP for guiding the development of a new POCT, and this approach as well as the TPP itself may be useful to others developing a new POCT.
Language
English
Source (journal)
PLoS ONE
Publication
2018
ISSN
1932-6203
DOI
10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0200531
Volume/pages
13 :8 (2018) , 13 p.
Article Reference
e0200531
ISI
000440415500030
Pubmed ID
30067760
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Development of Rapid Point-of-Care test Platforms for Infectious Diseases (RAPP-ID).
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 07.09.2018
Last edited 02.10.2024
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