Syndromic Inborn Errors of Immunity in TREC-Newborn Screening: 5-year Experience from the German Screening Program

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Beitragende

  • Lea Graafen - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Carsten Speckmann - , Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (Autor:in)
  • Shahrzad Bakhtiar - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Horst V Bernuth - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Autor:in)
  • Kai Lehmberg - , Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) (Autor:in)
  • Peter Bader - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Ulrich Baumann - , Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) (Autor:in)
  • Rita Beier - , Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) (Autor:in)
  • Stephan Borte - , Klinikum St. Georg Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Inken Brockow - , Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL) (Autor:in)
  • E Graham Davies - , Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (Autor:in)
  • Maximilian Hartmann - , Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) (Autor:in)
  • Ursula Holzer - , Universitätsklinikum Tübingen (Autor:in)
  • Christian Klemann - , Universitätsklinikum Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Alexandra Y Kreins - , University College London (Autor:in)
  • Renate Krüger - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Autor:in)
  • Udo Kontny - , Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Autor:in)
  • Hans-Jürgen Laws - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Andrea Meinhardt - , Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Henner Morbach - , Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (Autor:in)
  • Nora Naumann-Bartsch - , Universitätsklinikum der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Autor:in)
  • Tobias Rothoeft - , Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH (Autor:in)
  • Dominik T Schneider - , Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH (Autor:in)
  • Andre Willasch - , Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt (Autor:in)
  • Austen Worth - , Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (Autor:in)
  • Markus G Seidel - , Medizinische Universität Graz (Autor:in)
  • Michael H Albert - , Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital (Autor:in)
  • Stephan Ehl - , Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (Autor:in)
  • Fabian Hauck - , Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital (Autor:in)
  • Manfred Hönig - , Universitätsklinikum Ulm (Autor:in)
  • Ansgar Schulz - , Universitätsklinikum Ulm (Autor:in)
  • Catharina Schuetz - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Deutsches Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit (DZKJ) - Standort Leipzig/Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Sujal Ghosh - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)

Abstract

TREC-NBS identifies patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI) and syndromic features, but uncertainty remains regarding their immunological management. To address this, syndromic patients detected by TREC-NBS in Germany between August 2019 and April 2024 were systematically analyzed, including phenotype, treatment, and outcomes. National registries were screened, and data were completed by the treating centres. A total of 77 syndromic patients were identified, with 22 different gene defects found in 72 individuals (93.5%). Primary thymic deficiency was present in 64% (49/77), most commonly due to 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (62%). Common clinical features included congenital heart disease (57%), facial/skeletal abnormalities (53%), and neurological symptoms (36%). Definitive treatments were provided promptly in eligible patients, including 6 thymus transplants and 6 hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT). A watch-and-wait approach was applied to the remaining patients, with 34% (22/65) receiving prophylactic treatment. Recovery of CD3 + T-cell counts was limited to a minority. Overall survival was 89%, with a median follow-up of 32 months (range 0.5-60). To conclude, this is the first comprehensive study of syndromic IEI patients identified through TREC-NBS. The findings show that the German healthcare system enables both early prophylactic care and timely access to definitive therapies. Moving forward, interdisciplinary collaboration will be key to developing evidence-based management guidelines for this challenging patient group.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer35
FachzeitschriftJournal of clinical immunology
Jahrgang46
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 14 März 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0009-0003-6519-0482/work/208795988
unpaywall 10.1007/s10875-026-01995-2
Mendeley 637177a3-dc2a-3620-a805-b18e6fd36733
Scopus 105034457040

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Humans, Germany/epidemiology, Neonatal Screening/methods, Male, Female, Infant, Newborn, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/diagnosis, Infant, Child, Preschool, Syndrome, Registries, Phenotype, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Child, Thymic deficiency, T-cell lymphocytopenia, Syndromic inborn errors of immunity, SCID, Newborn screening, T-cell receptor excision circles