Assays / Sexually transmitted infections
Sexually transmitted infections
Chlamydia trachomatis Fluorescent Antigen Assay
Part of the planned inSTIcheck™ line: a swab-based antigen test designed to detect current chlamydia infection at the point of care.
At a glance
Target
Chlamydia trachomatis antigen
Sample
Swab
Readout
Instrument-read, logged automatically
Status
Planned · inSTIcheck™
Why it matters
Clinical context
Chlamydia is the most commonly reported bacterial STI in the United States and usually causes no symptoms, yet untreated infection can lead to infertility. Detecting the organism’s antigen from a swab points to current infection, which an antibody result cannot reliably show.
How OncoFirm will measure it
Built on the OncoFirm fluorescent platform
Designed to pair with gonorrhea
The chlamydia and gonorrhea tests are planned to run from the same kind of swab on the same reader.
A strip that checks itself
Every strip carries a fluorescent reference line of known brightness. Reading the test line against it corrects for reader and temperature drift, and the reader flags runs that did not flow correctly.
A traceable digital record
Each result is stored with the date, operator and lot, ready to share with a clinic record or laboratory system instead of being retyped by hand.
Where it's headed
Development roadmap
01
Feasibility
Antibody pairs, fluorescent conjugates and strip layout are selected and tested against the target.
02
Assay development
Strip, reagents and reader settings are optimized, and pilot lots are built.
03
Analytical validation
Precision, linearity, interference and lot-to-lot consistency are measured against reference methods.
04
Clinical evaluation and launch
Performance is evaluated with clinical samples. First release is planned for research use only, followed by regulatory submissions.
Related assays
Development status. This assay and the OncoFirm platform are in development. They have not been cleared or approved by the FDA and are not available for sale. First products are planned for research use only. Descriptions reflect design goals, not demonstrated performance.
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