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. 2022 Mar 16;17(3):e0264138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264138

Table 10. Reproducibility of companion diagnostic alterations.

Gene or biomarker Tumor type Number of unique samples Alteration Reproducibility (95% two-sided CIsa)
EGFR NSCLC 3 Exon 19 deletion 100.00% (96.50%, 100.00%)
2 Exon 21 L858R 100.00% (94.73%, 100.00%)
2 Exon 20 T790M 100.00% (94.93%, 100.00%)
KRAS CRC 3 Codons 12/13 substitution 100.00% (96.57%, 100.00%)
ALK NSCLC 3 Fusion 100.00% (96.57%, 100.00%)
BRAF Melanoma 2 V600E/V600K 100.00% (94.87%, 100.00%)
ERBB2 Breast cancer 3 Amplification 100.00% (96.44%, 100.00%)
BRCA1/2 Ovarian cancer 34 SUBs, INDELs, rearrangements, homozygous deletions 96.02% (94.49%, 97.14%)
PIK3CA Breast cancer 3c E545K/ H1047L/C420R 100.00% (95.58%, 100.00%)
FGFR2 Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) 5 FGFR2 Fusions and rearrangementsd 99.28% (96.01%, 99.87%)
MET NSCLC 8 SNVs and INDELs that lead to exon 14 skipping 98.95% (96.25%, 99.87%)
HRR genes Prostate 46 SUBs, INDELs, rearrangements, homozygous deletions 94.2% (92.9%, 95.4%)
TMB Solid tumors 46 TMB ≥10 mutations per megabase 99.72% (99.18%, 99.94%)
NTRK1 Solid tumors 7f Fusions NTRK1: 100.0% (92.5%, 100.0%)
NTRK2 NTRK2: 100.0% (85.2%, 100.0%)
NTRK3 NTRK3: 99.2% (95.4%, 100.0%)

CI = confidence interval; HRR = homologous recombination repair; LoD = limit of detection; PMA = premarket approval; sPMA = supplemental premarket approval; SUB = base substitution; TMB = tumor mutation burden.

a For EGFR, KRAS, ALK, BRAF, ERBB2, BRCA1/2, PIK3CA, and FGFR2, Wilson score method was used for 95% two-sided CIs calculation; for MET, HRR genes, TMB, and NTRK1/2/3, exact method was used for 95% two-sided CIs calculation.

b Six samples were evaluated, in which two samples had low reproducibility for calling BRCA1/2 partial loss. This is expected as samples with small 1–2 exon partial losses were more challenging to detect.

c One sample is from the 46 samples originally included in the PMA precision study. One sample was analyzed in a subsequent precision study for the sPMA. An additional sample was analyzed in the associated PMC precision study. A PIK3CA H1047R alteration was also assessed, but excluded here because the alteration was present at only 0.15x the LoD; the reproducibility of that alteration event was 52.78%.

d The precision study included FGFR2-BICC1, FGFR2-CCDC6 fusion; FGFR2-TFCP2 fusion, and an intron 17 rearrangement (no partner).

e For HRR gene rearrangement, 15 variants were included; five variants exhibited reproducibility <90% due to read counts below reported LoD, which resulted in low reproducibility across all rearrangements of HRR genes.

f The precision study included seven samples with companion diagnostic NTRK1/2/3 fusion positive status: four NTRK3-EVT6 fusions, one NTRK1-TPM3 fusion, one NTRK1-LMNA fusion, and one NTRK2-DSTYK fusion.