cPass New Antibody Test
Is anyone at Mayo considering this cPass test for antibodies? Does it actually measure a percentage or level of antibodies? I'm not sure from this press release if it would be worth it? Anyone else heard of it or tried it? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cpass-a-new-antibody-test-shows-your-bodys-response-to-the-covid-19-vaccine-301350758.html
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Qualitative and semi-quantitively(threshold YES, 250, etc. I had a lab in San Jose which gave me a 250 response when I demand more than a YES.
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I just want to know my antibody level, 2 years after my one and only J&J vaccine. Kaiser(They use Stanford Healthcare Lab) only provides a positive or negative, yet their equipment is capable of readings >2500. FDA directives are suppressing release of quantitative results to the public. I did get a lab in San Jose(Target DX) to report the semi-quantitative (>250) 1year after my J&J vaccination.
Why aren't you getting this information from your doctors? I'm assuming that you have.
S = 561 U/ml is quantitative. Positive, >250, >2,500, etc. is semi-quantitative.
Was your PCP able to find a lab which would release the quantitative data?
Which Labcorp did you use, and when?
LabCorp antibody test for Covid from their website:
Can semi-quantitative COVID-19 antibody test be used to track antibody levels overtime?
On May 19, 2021, the FDA issued a safety communication reiterating that “antibody testing should not be used to evaluate a person’s level of immunity or protection from COVID-19 at any time, and especially after the person received a COVID-19 vaccination.”4 Currently authorized SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, including the SARS-CoV-2 Semi-Quantitative Total Antibody assay (164090), have not been evaluated to assess the level of protection provided by an immune response to COVID-19 vaccination. Additionally, the components of a protective immune response against infection or re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 have not been fully characterized (e.g., antibody, T cell, etc.). Clinical trials and other studies are underway to elucidate the correlates of immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
Effective March 28, 2022 Labcorp expanded the reporting range of results for test number 164090 SARS-CoV-2 Semi-Quantitative Total Antibody, Spike. Results previously reported for this assay were 0.8-2500 U/mL with higher values reported as >2500 U/mL. With the addition of an automated dilution, we are now able to report result 0.8-25000 U/mL with higher values reported as >25000 U/mL. This change does not impact previously reported results; it just increases the numerical values above 2500 U/mL that we are able to report.
Thanks to your governments efforts to protect you from misinformation which you might misinterpret!
My doctor's response:
Hi!
So this is weird and slightly annoying
I asked for an IgG and an IgM, so we can differentiate.
They ran the test, but the result wasn't a 'yes IgG no IgM' but rather just a 'yes'
I'm going to have to ask if they broke the results down.