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. 2021 Mar 25;23(7):1255–1262. doi: 10.1038/s41436-021-01148-3

Table 4.

Summary of clinical approaches.

Category All variants GIAB benchmark only Nonactionable only GIAB benchmark + nonactionable only
Risk of reporting false positive Higher Lower Higher Lower
Risk of adverse impact on patient care Higher Higher Lower Lower
Not eligible—no passing model 6 6 6 6
Not eligible—outside benchmark region AND actionable N/A N/A N/A 4
Not eligible—actionable N/A N/A 48 44
Not eligible—outside benchmark region N/A 88 N/A 84
Eligible—predicted true 240 164 216 141
Eligible—predicted false 60 48 36 27
Confirmation order rate 21.57% 46.41% 29.41% 53.92%

This table summarizes the prospective results for all variants (n = 306) under different clinical approaches. The methods are organized from highest risk of reporting a false positive to lowest, where reporting actionable variants without confirmation is considered highest risk. Approaches that allow the models to be applied to any variant interpretation (specifically primary or actionable) have a higher risk for adverse impact on patient care. Approaches that allow for variants from any genomic region (specifically outside Genome in a Bottle [GIAB] benchmark regions) have a higher risk of reporting a false positive. Variants that are classified as “not eligible” either did not have a validated model or require confirmation test due to the approach. Confirmation order rate is the percentage of variants that are either not eligible or predicted false, indicating that a confirmation test would be ordered for that variant prior to reporting. The results from our clinical approach (nonactionable only) are emphasized.