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The investigation determined that lower than expected vitros ipth2 results have occurred with multiple patient samples when comparing data from a method comparison study between the vitros ipth2 assay and the vitros ipth assay on a vitros 3600 immunodiagnostic system.The variability observed between the vitros ipth2 and ipth assays is an expected outcome, given the lack of standardization across ipth measurement methods.Differences in assay design, antibody selection, and various circulating fragments contribute to the well-documented inter-method discrepancies in pth measurement.Ortho had previously communicated that the vitros ipth assay was approximately 20% higher than a non-vitros roche method.The vitros ipth2 assay has eliminated that 20% high bias.Therefore, there is an expected 20% bias between ipth and ipth2 which is the most likely cause of the numerical discordance.There is no indication the vitros ipth2 reagent in use at the time of the event was not performing as intended as vitros quality control fluids processed within the timeframe of the correlation testing were predicting as expected and no issues regarding accuracy of the vitros assay were indicated by the customer.No diagnostic within-run precision testing was performed on the vitros 3600 immunodiagnostic system, however, both vitros ipth reagent lot 2070 and vitros ipth2 reagent lot 0145 were performing as intended prior to, and on the day of the event, an instrument-related performance issue did not likely contribute to the event.Continual tracking and trending of complaints has not identified any signals that would indicate a potential systematic issue with vitros ipth2 reagent lot 0145.
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