Adult volunteers were skin tested with 1.27 ug spherule-derived coccidioidin. The skin test antigen was evaluated in three different populations of adult volunteers to determine the safety and efficacy of the product in the assessment of delayed-type hypersensitivity to Coccidioides immitis. Induration greater than or equal to 5 mm after 48 hours was considered positive for exposure to C. immitis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
113
1.27 ug of sterile, injectable product (spherule-derived coccidioidin). Product was administered once by intradermal injection along with positive and negative control agents and results read after 48 hours.
Health Sciences Center AVAHCS, Univ. of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Kern Facility Medical Group
Bakersfield, California, United States
Blair Clinic
Blair, Nebraska, United States
Spokane Allergy and Asthma Center
Spokane, Washington, United States
To determine the ability of spherule-derived coccidioidin to detect cellular hypersensitivity to C. immitis by a positive DTH skin test in a population with a history of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.
Time frame: 48 hours
Determine the specificity of spherule-derived coccidioidin by testing the skin test antigen in naive adult volunteer and volunteers with a history of pulmonary histoplasmosis.
Time frame: 48 hours
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