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Franke, Georg-Nikolaus; Maier, Jacqueline; Wildenberger, Kathrin; Cross, Michael; Giles, Francis J.; Müller, Martin C.; Hochhaus, Andreas; Niederwieser, Dietger; Lange, Thoralf
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, January 2020, 2020-01-00, 20200101, Volume: 22, Issue: 1Journal Article
Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) is routinely used to detect minimal residual disease in chronic myeloid leukemia patients. The absolute quantification with droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) could reduce the inherent variability of qPCR. We established a duplex ddPCR assay using the Europe against Cancer (EAC) primer/probe system for breakpoint cluster region protein–tyrosine-protein kinase ABL1 (BCR-ABL1) and ABL1 and compared the results with qPCR. cDNA samples (n = 230) from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia were analyzed using both procedures. A second, commercially developed ddPCR assay for BCR-ABL1 was also evaluated. ABL1 and BCR-ABL1 transcript levels were similar with all assays, but the proportion of deep molecular responses was lower with ddPCR than with qPCR. The EAC ddPCR assay had a false-positive rate of 4% using a cutoff of three BCR-ABL1 copies per duplicate, compared with 2% without cutoff for the commercial ddPCR. The detection rate for molecular response 4.5 was 100, and a shift toward more minimal residual disease was seen in patient samples. In conclusion, using the EAC protocol for BCR-ABL1 quantification with ddPCR is feasible and shows low intra-assay and interassay variation but requires a cutoff that reduces sensitivity. The commercial ddPCR assay is highly sensitive and specific for BCR-ABL1. The use of either ddPCR assay resulted in a shift to lower molecular response classes compared with qPCR aligned to international scale.
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