Review Article

Accuracy of mRNA HPV Tests for Triage of Precursor Lesions and Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Accuracy of mRNA HPV for detection of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) in histopathological, Pooled and discerning by mRNA HPV test. Outcomes: CIN1- vs. CIN2+ and CIN1- vs. CIN3+.

TestAll mRNA HPV assays pooledAptima
% (IC 95%)
NucliSens EasyQ HPV
% (IC 95%)
OncoTect
% (IC 95%)
PreTect HPV Proofer
% (IC 95%)
Quantivirus
% (IC 95%)

CIN1- vs. CIN2+
Sensitivity83.3 (82.9-84.6)92.8 (91.9-93.7)75.9 (72.7-78.9)72.4 (67.5-76.9)73.2 (71.5-74.9)86.6 (82.4-90.1)
Specificity65.2 (64.5-65.8)60.5 (59.8-61.3)61.5 (58.5-64.5)79.5 (77.4-81.5)79.4 (78.3-80.5)38.9 (35.1-42.8)
DOR10.54 (8.35-13.29)12.53 (8.97-17.52)5.48 (3.37-8.89)13.83 (6.40-29.86)13.21 (8.55-20.41)4.71 (2.59-8.57)
AUC0.84 (0.81-0.87)0.88 (0.82-0.95)0.76 (0.69-0.82)0.87 (0.82-0.92)0.84 (0.79-0.89)0.80 (0.66-0.95)
TP5,8403,2205782671,992278
FP7,9106,1773923191,125390
FN1,13124818410272843
TN14,7939,4706271,2384,337248
N total29,67419,1151,7811,9268,182959

CIN1- vs. CIN3+
Sensitivity86.1 (84.8-87.3)95.6 (94.5-96.5)83.5 (73.9-90.7)85.2 (77.4-91.1)67.6 (64.3-70.7)85.1 (78.8-90.1)
Specificity65.5 (64.8-66.2)61.9 (61.1-62.7)64.1 (55.3-72.3)78.6 (77.6-80.6)83.9 (82.2-85.5)41.5 (36.9-46.2)
DOR18.93 (12.44-28.82)21.45 (12.40-37.11)9.67 (0.931-100.54)23.33 (8.07-67.49)19.57 (4.36-87.85)7.28 (4.11-12.88)
AUC0.88 (0.84-0.92)0.91 (0.84-0.99)0.78 (0.56-0.99)0.84 (0.78-0.89)0.71 (0.67-0.76)0.79 (0.68-0.89)
TP2,494157198579143
FP6,23817498351311261
FN4030141727825
TN11,8541,7992971,2921,621185
N total20,9891,9884801,7582,789614

Excluding CIN2 from analysis. CIN: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; CI: Confidence interval; DOR: diagnostic odds ratio; AUC: area under the curve; TP: true positive; FP: false positive; FN: false negative; TN: true negative.
Included studies CIN1- vs. CIN2+: Aptima [835]; NucliSens EasyQ HPV [3646]; OncoTect [41, 4751]; PreTect HPV Proofer [14, 23, 25, 31, 5261]; Quantivirus [45, 6265].
CIN1- vs. CIN3+: Aptima [815, 1822, 24, 2631, 3335]; NucliSens EasyQ HPV [36, 37, 41, 46]; OncoTect [41, 4750]; PreTect HPV Proofer [14, 31, 5961]; Quantivirus [6264].