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. 2022 Mar 25;8(2):25. doi: 10.3390/ijns8020025

Table A7.

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD), 11 points.

Condition (4.5 out of 6 Points) Screening (3 out of 3 Points) Treatment (3.5 out of 4 Points)
Severity The disorder only has severe forms 0 AND Availability DBS test is available and in use 2 OR Availability An EMA-approved treatment is available 0 OR
There is a rapidly progressing form 0.5 DBS test is not yet available, but is in development with published evidence 0 A treatment intervention is available (diet, HSCT, BMT) 1
The disorder can be fatal by adolescence 1 Performance DBS test has a low false-positive rate and/or a high PPV 1 OR A treatment is in late development (phase 3) 0
Onset All forms of the disorder are asymptomatic for the first few weeks of life 1 AND DBS test has a high false-positive rate and/or a low PPV and/or requires additional confirmatory strategies that are available to improve screening performance 0 A treatment is in early development (preclinical, phase 1, or phase 2) 0
More than 50% of cases are an early-onset phenotype 0 Outcomes The treatment strategy changes the prognosis for all forms of the disorder 1.5 OR
Frequency Greater than or equal to 1 in 50,000 2 OR The treatment strategy changes the prognosis for some forms of the disorder 0
Greater than or equal to 1 in 100,000 and less than 1 in 50,000 0 The treatment strategy does not change prognosis or improves only some symptoms of the disorder 0
Greater than or equal to 1 in 150,000 and less than 1 in 100,000 0 Pre-symptomatic initiation results in better outcomes 1 AND
Between 1 in 250,000 and 1 in 150,000 0