Clinical Sensitivity of Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Panels in a Diverse Population

Publication Date

2016

Journal Title

Hum Mutat

Abstract

Infants are screened for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) in New York State (NYS) using an IRT-DNA algorithm. The purpose of this study was to validate and assess clinical validity of the FDA-cleared Illumina MiSeqDx CF 139-Variant Assay (139-VA) in the diverse NYS CF population. The study included 439 infants with CF identified via newborn screening (NBS) from 2002-2012. All had been screened using the Abbott Molecular CF Genotyping Assay or the Hologic InPlex CF Molecular Test. All with CF and 0-1 mutations were tested using the 139-VA. DNA extracted from dried blood spots was reliably and accurately genotyped using the 139-VA. Sixty-three additional mutations were identified. Clinical sensitivity of three panels ranged from 76.2% (23 mutations recommended for screening by ACMG/ACOG), to 79.7% (current NYS 39-mutation InPlex panel), up to 86.0% for the 139-VA. For all, sensitivity was highest in Whites and lowest in the Black population. Although the sample size was small, there was a nearly 20% increase in sensitivity for the Black CF population using the 139-VA (68.2%) over the ACMG/ACOG and InPlex panels (both 50.0%). Overall, the 139-VA is more sensitive than other commercially-available panels, and could be considered for NBS, clinical or research laboratories conducting CF screening. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Volume Number

37

Issue Number

2

Pages

201-8

Document Type

Article

EPub Date

2015/11/06

Status

Northwell Researcher

Facility

Northwell Health

Primary Department

Pediatric Pulmonology

PMID

26538069

DOI

10.1002/humu.22927

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