A Study to Assess an Intact Parathyroid Hormone Assay Under Development by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Rochester, MN
The purpose of this study is to collect patient samples to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics for evaluation of an in-development VITROS Intact PTH II assay and the characterization of different clinical cohorts on this immunoassay. The categories include those for primary hyperparathyroidism, including routine samples and those intraoperative samples obtained during the course of a parathyroidectomy procedure, secondary hyperparathyroidism, including routine and intraoperative samples from patients with kidney failure tertiary hyperparathyroidism, primary hypoparathyroidism, and hypercalcemia of malignancy.