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Feasibility of Ultra-Rapid Exome Sequencing in Critically Ill Infants and Children With Suspected Monogenic Conditions in the Australian Public Health Care System

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Importance: Widespread adoption of rapid genomic testing in pediatric critical care requires robust clinical and laboratory pathways that provide equitable and consistent service across health care systems. Objective: To prospectively evaluate the performance of a multicenter network for ultra-rapid genomic diagnosis in a public health care system. Design, Setting, and Participants: Descriptive feasibility study of critically ill pediatric patients with suspected monogenic conditions treated at 12 Australian hospitals between March 2018 and February 2019, with data collected to May 2019. A formal implementation strategy emphasizing communication and feedback, standardized processes, coordination, distributed leadership, and collective learning was used to facilitate adoption. Exposures: Ultra-rapid exome sequencing. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was time from sample receipt to ultra-rapid exome sequencing report. The secondary outcomes were the molecular diagnostic yield, the change in clinical management after the ultra-rapid exome sequencing report, the time from hospital admission to the laboratory report, and the proportion of laboratory reports returned prior to death or hospital discharge. Results: The study population included 108 patients with a median age of 28 days (range, 0 days to 17 years); 34% were female; and 57% were from neonatal intensive care units, 33% were from pediatric intensive care units, and 9% were from other hospital wards. The mean time from sample receipt to ultra-rapid exome sequencing report was 3.3 days (95% CI, 3.2-3.5 days) and the median time was 3 days (range, 2-7 days). The mean time from hospital admission to ultra-rapid exome sequencing report was 17.5 days (95% CI, 14.6-21.1 days) and 93 reports (86%) were issued prior to death or hospital discharge. A molecular diagnosis was established in 55 patients (51%). Eleven diagnoses (20%) resulted from using the following approaches to augment standard exome sequencing analysis: mitochondrial genome sequencing analysis, exome sequencing-based copy number analysis, use of international databases to identify novel gene-disease associations, and additional phenotyping and RNA analysis. In 42 of 55 patients (76%) with a molecular diagnosis and 6 of 53 patients (11%) without a molecular diagnosis, the ultra-rapid exome sequencing result was considered as having influenced clinical management. Targeted treatments were initiated in 12 patients (11%), treatment was redirected toward palliative care in 14 patients (13%), and surveillance for specific complications was initiated in 19 patients (18%). Conclusions and Relevance: This study suggests feasibility of ultra-rapid genomic testing in critically ill pediatric patients with suspected monogenic conditions in the Australian public health care system. However, further research is needed to understand the clinical value of such testing, and the generalizability of the findings to other health care settings.

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    In critical care, genomic test results must be delivered quickly to be clinically useful.

    “In the critical care setting, genomic testing results need to be delivered rapidly to be useful”
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    Mean turnaround times for early rapid testing programs have been between 7 and 23 days.

    “the mean turnaround times achieved by nascent rapid testing programs have ranged from 7 to 23 days.”
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    Moving academic single-center rapid genomic testing into health care system implementation requires robust clinical and laboratory pathways for reliable and consistent delivery.

    “Translating the experience of academic single-center studies into implementation across health care systems requires the development of robust clinical and laboratory pathways to deliver rapid genomic testing reliably and consistently.”
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    Health care is a complex adaptive system.

    “Health care is a complex adaptive system”
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    Successful adoption of rapid genomic testing depends on multidisciplinary teams changing practices across multiple sites, not only on laboratory scalability.

    “the successful adoption of innovations such as rapid genomic testing relies not only on the scalability of the laboratory testing, but on the multidisciplinary teams of intensive care physicians, medical subspecialists, clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, laboratory scientists, and bioinformaticians simultaneously changing practices across multiple sites to provide consistent service.”
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  • Ward-specific management changes exceed the reported total

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    The NICU and PICU groups are distinct, so their reported management changes alone total 52 patients. That exceeds the stated total of 48, even before patients from other wards are considered.

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    A diagnosis in 51 of 93 unanimously approved patients gives a yield of 54.8%, not 57.0%.

    Reported 57 · recomputed 54.83871

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Authors
Australian Genomics Health Alliance Acute Care Flagship, Lunke, S., Eggers, S., Wilson, M., Patel, C., Barnett, C. P., Pinner, J., Sandaradura, S. A., Buckley, M. F., Krzesinski, E. I., de Silva, M. G., Brett, G. R., Boggs, K., Mowat, D., Kirk, E. P., Adès, L. C., Akesson, L. S., Amor, D. J., Ayres, S., Baxendale, A., Borrie, S., Bray, A., Brown, N. J., Chan, C. Y., Chong, B., Cliffe, C., Delatycki, M. B., Edwards, M., Elakis, G., Fahey, M. C., Fennell, A., Fowles, L., Gallacher, L., Higgins, M., Howell, K. B., Hunt, L., Hunter, M. F., Jones, K. J., King, S., Kumble, S., Lang, S., Le Moing, M., Ma, A., Phelan, D., Quinn, M. C. J., Richards, A., Richmond, C. M., Riseley, J., Rodgers, J., Sachdev, R., Sadedin, S., Schlapbach, L. J., Smith, J., Springer, A., Tan, N. B., Tan, T. Y., Temple, S. L., Theda, C., Vasudevan, A., White, S. M., Yeung, A., Zhu, Y., Martyn, M., Best, S., Roscioli, T., Christodoulou, J., & Stark, Z.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (AU)
  • Women's and Children's Hospital (AU)
  • Monash Health (AU)
  • Australian Genomics Health Alliance, Parkville, Australia
  • Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
  • Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
  • Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (AU)
  • Hunter Genetics (AU)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • South Australia Pathology (AU)
  • Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  • Royal Women's Hospital (AU)
  • Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
Corresponding author
Stark, Zornitza
Venue
JAMA
Published
2020-06-23
Volume
323
Issue
24
Pages
2503
ISSN
  • 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
  • 0098-7484
OpenAlex
W3035821413
Cited by
239
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 44 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 9
FWCI
21.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • JAMA (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Connective tissue disorders research
Keywords
pediatric intensive care, genomic diagnostics, diagnostic yield, turnaround time, implementation strategies, clinical management change, mitochondrial genome sequencing, copy number analysis, neonatal intensive care, public health care system
MeSH terms
Exome Sequencing, Australia, Child, Child, Preschool, Feasibility Studies, Female, Genetic Testing, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, National Health Programs, Prospective Studies, Time Factors, Critical Illness, Genetic Diseases, Inborn

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