U.S., May 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06984185) titled 'Early Detection of Type 1 Diabetes' on April 28.
Brief Summary: T1D is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies usually assayed separately on venous blood. The use of a combined test on capillary blood using a blotting paper would facilitate the immunological presymptomatic T1D screening in routine clinical practice as it is easy to perform and can be performed at home by families.
However the use of a combined test on blotting paper must be validated before it is used in routine clinical practice for preclinical T1D screening purpose at large scale, starting with pediatric first degree relatives of T1D ...