Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies

Author(s)Setting (n) Population, n Rapid assay(s)Reference standard assay(s)
Beranger et al18  France (539) iTTP, 328
cTTP, 18
Other TMA, 156 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Braf et al13  Sweden (43) NS Technoscreen Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Dimopoulos et al17  Denmark (706) iTTP, 311
cTTP, 0
HUS, 43
HELLP, 14
Other, 162 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Falcinelli et al31  Italy (46) iTTP, 46 HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Favaloro et al32  Australia (733) iTTP, 217
HUS, 18
HELLP, 6 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Favresse et al12  Belgium (38) iTTP, 8 HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Foxton et al33  United Kingdom (110) NS HemosIL AcuStar, Technofluor FRET Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Fretwell et al34  United Kingdom (205) iTTP, 126
cTTP, 4
Other, 75 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Fretwell et al35  United Kingdom (142) NS Technofluor FRET Commercial ELISA 
Irsara et al36  Austria (32) iTTP, 14
Other TMA, 1
Other, 16 
HemosIL AcuStar, Technofluor FRET ACTIFLUOR FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Mancini et al37  Italy (130) iTTP, 120
cTTP, 3
Other TMA, 6
Other, 1 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Moore et al38  Multinational (253) NS Technoscreen Commercial ELISA (Technozym), in-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Pascual et al39  Multinational (221) iTTP, 113
cTTP, 7
HUS, 16
Other TMA, 91
Other, 2 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay, commercial ELISA (Technozym), DG-EIA 
Pitchford, in press  United Kingdom (716) iTTP, 49
cTTP, 2 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA 
Singh et al14  Multinational (94) iTTP, 70
cTTP, 1
Other TMA, 19
Other, 4 
HemosIL AcuStar, Technofluor FRET FRETS-VWF73 assays, commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Stephenson et al20  Australia (80) iTTP, 20 Technoscreen Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Stratmann et al40  Germany (10) iTTP, 8
HUS, 1
Other, 1 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Toulon et al41  France (56) NS HemosIL AcuStar FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Valsecchi et al42  Italy (127) iTTP, 100
cTTP, 9
HUS, 7
Other TMA, 11 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay, commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Author(s)Setting (n) Population, n Rapid assay(s)Reference standard assay(s)
Beranger et al18  France (539) iTTP, 328
cTTP, 18
Other TMA, 156 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Braf et al13  Sweden (43) NS Technoscreen Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Dimopoulos et al17  Denmark (706) iTTP, 311
cTTP, 0
HUS, 43
HELLP, 14
Other, 162 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Falcinelli et al31  Italy (46) iTTP, 46 HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Favaloro et al32  Australia (733) iTTP, 217
HUS, 18
HELLP, 6 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Favresse et al12  Belgium (38) iTTP, 8 HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Foxton et al33  United Kingdom (110) NS HemosIL AcuStar, Technofluor FRET Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Fretwell et al34  United Kingdom (205) iTTP, 126
cTTP, 4
Other, 75 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Fretwell et al35  United Kingdom (142) NS Technofluor FRET Commercial ELISA 
Irsara et al36  Austria (32) iTTP, 14
Other TMA, 1
Other, 16 
HemosIL AcuStar, Technofluor FRET ACTIFLUOR FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Mancini et al37  Italy (130) iTTP, 120
cTTP, 3
Other TMA, 6
Other, 1 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Moore et al38  Multinational (253) NS Technoscreen Commercial ELISA (Technozym), in-house FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Pascual et al39  Multinational (221) iTTP, 113
cTTP, 7
HUS, 16
Other TMA, 91
Other, 2 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay, commercial ELISA (Technozym), DG-EIA 
Pitchford, in press  United Kingdom (716) iTTP, 49
cTTP, 2 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA 
Singh et al14  Multinational (94) iTTP, 70
cTTP, 1
Other TMA, 19
Other, 4 
HemosIL AcuStar, Technofluor FRET FRETS-VWF73 assays, commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Stephenson et al20  Australia (80) iTTP, 20 Technoscreen Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Stratmann et al40  Germany (10) iTTP, 8
HUS, 1
Other, 1 
HemosIL AcuStar Commercial ELISA (Technozym) 
Toulon et al41  France (56) NS HemosIL AcuStar FRETS-VWF73 assay 
Valsecchi et al42  Italy (127) iTTP, 100
cTTP, 9
HUS, 7
Other TMA, 11 
HemosIL AcuStar In-house FRETS-VWF73 assay, commercial ELISA (Technozym) 

DG-EIA, deoxyguanosine enzyme immunoassay; FRETS-VWF73, FRET assay with VWF 73 amino acid peptide; HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome; NS, not specified.

The listed population (n) is the study population, which may not equal the number of plasma samples evaluated because not all samples were tested in each comparison and some patients provided multiple samples at different time points (eg, during an acute TTP episode and later for ADAMTS13 monitoring).

T. Pitchford, J.J. van Veen, R. Fretwell, and S. Kitchen, unpublished data, June 2024.

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