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NICUSeq: A Trial to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of Human Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Compared to Standard of Care in Acute Care Neonates and Infants

NICUSeq: A Prospective Trial to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of Human Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Compared to Standard of Care in Acute Care Neonates and Infants

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03290469
Acronym
NICU-Seq
Enrollment
355
Registered
2017-09-25
Start date
2017-09-14
Completion date
2020-01-13
Last updated
2020-11-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Keywords

ICU, Intensive Care Unit

Brief summary

Prospective, multi-site, study to evaluate the clinical utility of cWGS in a proband. One group will receive cWGS and a clinical report approximately 15 days after blood samples are received, while the other group will continue to receive standard of care until Day 60. The standard of care group will receive cWGS and a clinical report at Day 60 as part of secondary and tertiary analyses. Both groups will be followed for a total of 90 days.

Detailed description

This is a prospective, multi-site, randomized study to evaluate the clinical utility of cWGS in each proband. Throughout this study, each proband will receive SOC testing as determined by the site clinical team. Upon enrollment in the study, each proband will be randomly assigned to the 15 day cWGS group or the SOC group. SOC is defined as the management of the proband's care under the same or similar conditions as if the proband was not enrolled in this study. A blood sample from each enrolled proband will be collected and shipped to the Illumina Clinical Services Laboratory (ICSL), which is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified and College of American Pathologists (CAP)-accredited. ICSL will conduct cWGS testing with the TruGenome Undiagnosed Disease Test (TruGenome Test). The TruGenome Test cWGS results will be provided to the Principal Investigator (PI) or designee who will evaluate each proband test outcome based on the aggregate medical information, informed by the cWGS or SOC results.

Interventions

OTHERclinical whole genome sequencing (cWGS)

Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing (cWGS) consists of the sequencing, analysis and interpretation of subjects samples and a return of the result to the ordering physician.

Sponsors

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Rady Pediatric Genomics & Systems Medicine Institute
CollaboratorOTHER
Children's Hospital of Orange County
CollaboratorOTHER
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
CollaboratorOTHER
St. Louis Children's Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
CollaboratorOTHER
Illumina, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Masking description

All investigators are masked to the study arm until Day 15 to ensure SOC throughout first 15 days on study.

Intervention model description

Multi-cohort, time delay study receiving Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing (cWGS) at either 15 days or 60 days in an acutely ill newborn population

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Days to 120 Days
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Proband Inclusion Criteria 1. Current admission in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Intensive Care Unit at a participating clinical site at the time of enrollment from day of life 0 to 120 days 2. A suspected genetic etiology of disease, based on objective clinical findings or other phenotypic defects for which a genetic test would be considered 3. Must be able to have 1 - 1.25 ml tube of whole blood drawn for testing 4. One parent of the proband must be able to provide written informed consent 5. At least one biological parent must agree to participate and provide at least 4 ml of whole blood for testing

Exclusion criteria

Proband

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
A difference in Change of Management between the 15 day cWGS and standard of care groupsDay 60Change of Management is a binary (yes or no) based on assignments made by the PI or designee at each site using the following domains: * Condition specific management * Condition specific supportive interventions * Palliative care/End of Life Care A change in any of these domains will be considered a change of management.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Diagnostic Accuracy90 DaysDiagnostic accuracy (percent positive agreement between test outcome classified by the medical monitor and the site PI or designee) % diagnoses returned before discharge or death
Genetic Results Returned90 Days% diagnoses returned before discharge or death
Costs90 DaysPre-test costs of hospital care
Average Time to Diagnosis90 DaysAverage time (in days) to diagnose between cWGS and SOC based on the comparison of the (a) cWGS results and the (b) current clinical diagnoses
Diagnostic Yield90 DaysDiagnostic yield (# positive diagnoses/ total # of each proband expressed as a percentage)
cWGS satisfaction questionnaire will be given to clinicians and families at the conclusion of the study.90 DaysThe questionnaire is a likard scale questionnaire developed by the study team to assess satisfaction levels from the perspective of the clinician and also the parent.
Assessment of Clinical Utility by using a questionnaire90 DaysA questionnaire developed by the study team will assess the Clinical Utility of the cWGS test
Change in Care Setting from the ICU environment90 DaysChanges in care level setting from the ICU environment will be compared between the 15 day cWGS group and the SOC group.
Time to diagnosis90 DaysTime to diagnosis (in days of life)
The amount of imaging tests ordered as assessed by counting the number of tests per cohort.90 DaysClinical services utilization includes the number of imaging tests ordered.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 14, 2026