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[OE4-5]Recommended First Tier Genetic Testing for Patients with Neurodevelopmental Disorders has Diagnostic Utility

Aradhya Swaroop, McKnight Dianalee, Morales Ana, Finley Jenna, Hatchell Kathryn (Invitae Inc., San Francisco, USA)
OBJECTIVE:
We evaluated the diagnostic utility of AAP’s 2020 recommendations for utilizing chromosomal microarray (CMA) and FMR1 repeat expansion for patients with intellectual disability (ID), global developmental delay (DD), and/or autism followed by a gene panel (or exome) for patients with ID or DD. Collectively, these patients have a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD).
METHODS:
The diagnostic yields of CMA (n=14,292), FMR1 repeat expansion (n=1,947), and an NGS deletion/duplication panel with 241 genes associated with NDD (NDD-panel, n=270) were assessed for patients with NDD.
RESULTS:
The diagnostic yield of CMA for patients with NDD was 10.4%, highest for those with ID (20.8%), followed by DD (14.0%) and autism (6.3%). FMR1 testing had a yield of 0.6%; 1.0% for patients with DD/ID and 0.4% for patients with autism. The NDD-panel had an overall yield of 12.6% and highest for patients with ID (18.4%), followed by DD (16.4%) and autism (5.3%). Twelve percent of NDD-panel positive cases had 1-2 exon deletions that may have been missed by the CMA and exome due to their small size.
CONCLUSIONS:
The overall combined yield of utilizing CMA, FMR1, and a NDD panel for patients with NDD was ~one in four. Depending on a patient’s clinical presentation, the combined yield ranged from ~40% for individuals with ID and ~10% with autism. Previously, researchers determined that 87% of patients with a genetically diagnosed DD had positive outcomes including: reproductive decision making, referrals to medical specialties, access to relevant patient information/groups, and disease-specific treatments.