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. 2019 Feb 19;19(4):1–166.

Table 14:

Accuracy of Prenatal Screening Tests, Reference Case

  Mean; Distribution (Parameter 1; Parameter 2)  
Screening Option Detection Rate False-Positive Rate Sources
NIPT
Trisomy 21 98.5%; beta (197; 3) in first-tier and second-tier NIPT 2%; beta (160; 7,840)a BORN data
Trisomy 18 93.1%; beta (27; 2) in first-tier NIPT NA Clinical evidence review
98.2%; beta (110; 2) in second-tier NIPT NA Badeau et al, 201767
Trisomy 13 75%; beta (9; 3) in first-tier NIPT NA Clinical evidence review
100%; fixed in second-tier NIPT NA Badeau et al, 201767
Failure rate at first and/or second blood draw 2% uniform (0.01, 0.03) NA Clinical evidence review
eFTS
Trisomy 21 (risk cutoff: 1/400) 91.2%; beta (125; 12) 5.0%; beta (34; 650) Huang et al, 20152
Trisomy 18 72.9%; beta (35; 13) Extra 0.2%b; fixed Okun and Dougan, 2017; Huang et al 201883,103
MSS (quadruple screening)
Trisomy 21 (risk cutoff: 1/200) 65.4%; beta (39.2; 20.8) 3.5%; beta (1,038; 28,962) BORN data
Trisomy 18 52.8%; beta (66; 59) 0.15%; beta (647, 423123) Summers et al, 2003104

Abbreviation: BORN, Better Outcomes Registry and Network; eFTS, enhanced first-trimester screening; MSS, maternal serum screening (also known as quadruple screening); NA, not applicable; NIPT, noninvasive prenatal testing.

Note: The accuracy of traditional prenatal screening is based on multiple serum biomarker testing and may or may not include nuchal translucency ultrasound (depending on the prenatal screening option).

a

Combined false-positive rate: according to BORN data, the false-positive rate of NIPT for trisomy 21 was 1.9%. We estimated that the combined false-positive rate for trisomies 21, 18, and 13 was 2%. Note: BORN data collection is currently ongoing and data is incomplete. We addressed potential data issues by using a lower false-positive rate in the sensitivity analysis.

b

The combined false-positive rate for trisomies 21 and 18 was the false-positive rate of trisomy 21 plus 0.2% for trisomy 18.