ESPE2016 Rapid Free Communications Gonads & DSD (8 abstracts)
Harmonisation of Serum Dihydrotestosterone Analysis: Establishment of an External Quality Assurance Program
Stefan Wudy a , Michaela Hartmann a , Lisa Jolly b , Chung Shun Ho c , Richard Kam c , John Joseph d , Conchita Boyder d & Ronda Greaves e,
aJustus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany; bRCPA Quality Assurance Programs, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; cPrince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong; dPathWest Laboratory Medicine, QE2 Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; eSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia; fMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Background: Serum dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is an important analyte for the clinical assessment of disorders of sex development. It is also reportedly a difficult analyte to measure. Currently there are significant gaps in the standardisation of this analyte, including no external quality assurance (EQA) program available worldwide to allow for peer performance review of DHT.
Objective and hypotheses: We therefore proposed to establish an EQA program for serum DHT.
Method: DHT was assessed in the 2015 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) Quality Assurance Programs (QAP) Endocrine program material. The target (i.e. “true”) values for the material were established using a measurement procedure based on isotope dilution GC-MS/MS. DHT calibrator values were based on weighed values of pure DHT material (>97.5% purity) from Sigma. The allowable limits of performance (ALP) were established as ±0.1 up to 0.5 nmol/L and ±15% for targets >0.5 nmol/L.
Results: Target values for the six levels of RCPAQAP material for DHT ranged from 0.02 to 0.43 nmol/L (0.01 to 0.12 ng/mL). The material demonstrated linearity across the six levels with a best fit polynomial regression of y=1.024 x+0.002846. There were five participating laboratories for this pilot study. Results of the LC-MS/MS methods were within the ALP when compared to the target values; whereas the results from the immunoassay methods were consistently higher than the target values and outside the ALP.
Conclusion: The DHT pilot ran successfully throughout 2015, and has now been formally included in the RCPAQAP Endocrine Program. Through the establishment of this EQA program, we now have the first peer comparison of serum DHT measurement by mass spectrometry and immunoassay laboratories. This EQA program provides one of the pillars to achieve method harmonisation and eventual standardisation. This supports accurate clinical decisions where DHT measurement is required.
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