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Noninvasive Chromosome Screening for Evaluating the Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Recurrent Pregnancy Loss or Repeated Implantation Failure.

ABSTRACT: This retrospective cohort study explores whether noninvasive chromosome screening (NICS) for aneuploidy can improve the clinical outcomes of patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) or repeated implantation failure (RIF) in assisted reproductive technology. A total of 273 women with a history of RPL or RIF between 2018 and 2021 were included in this study. We collected data of all oocyte retrieval cycles and single blastocyst resuscitation transfer cycles. For the patients experiencing RPL, NICS reduced the miscarriages rate per frozen embryo transfer (FET), improved the ongoing pregnancies rate and live birth rate: 17.9% vs 42.6%, adjusted OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.16-0.95; 40.7% vs 25.0%, adjusted OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.04-3.82; 38.9% vs 20.6%, adjusted OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.28-5.02, respectively. For the patients experiencing RIF, the pregnancy rates per FET in the NICS group were significantly higher than those in the non-NICS group (46.9% vs. 28.7%, adjusted OR 2.82, 95% CI 1.20-6.66). This study demonstrated that the selection of euploid embryos through NICS can reduce the miscarriage rate of patients experiencing RPL and improve the clinical pregnancy rate of patients experiencing RIF. Our data suggested NICS could be considered as a possibly useful screening test in clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Xi H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253989 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:OBJECTIVE: To determine the predictive value of euploid embryos in women with recurrent implantation failure undergoing repeated IVF-ET cycles with PGD (PGD). DESIGN: Cohort of IVF-PGD cycles in a tertiary care ART facility. MATERIALS AND METHOD(S): Fifty-five consecutive patients with repeated implantation failure (more than three failed IVF-ET cycles) underwent two or more PGD cycles for aneuploidy testing. Mean maternal age was 37.6+/-5.3 years. Biopsies were performed on day 3. One blastomere was removed from each pre-embryo, fixed and analyzed by multicolor and multi-probe FISH for chromosomes X and Y, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22. RESULT(S): Forty-three of 55 patients (78%) undergoing PGD had at least one euploid embryo for transfer. Of these 31 patients (72%) also had at least one euploid embryo available for transfer with the second cycle. Of the 12 (28%) patients with no euploid embryos available for transfer with the second IVF/PGD cycle, five had a third cycle of PGD and two of these had euploid embryos available for transfer. Seventeen of the 31 patients (55%) who had euploid embryos on the second PGD cycle conceived. The ongoing pregnancy and implantation rates in patients with at least one euploid embryo were 40% and 18%, respectively. Twelve of the 55 patients (22%) had no euploid embryos available for transfer on the first PGD cycle, but on the second PGD cycle, six (50%) of these had euploid embryos for transfer. Only two pregnancies were achieved among this group of women, yielding a pregnancy rate of 17%, but both conceptions resulted in miscarriage. Of the six patients with no euploid embryos available after the second PGD cycle, four patients had a third IVF/PGD cycle, but none had euploid embryos available for transfer. Also, among women with euploid embryos available only in either the first or second PGD cycle, but not both, no ongoing pregnancy was achieved. No woman who had a PGD cycle productive of no euploid embryos had an ongoing pregnancy. Significant differences were found in terms of ongoing pregnancy (40%, P<0.05) and implantation rates (18%, P<0.05) in women with euploid embryos available for transfer with the first and second IVF/PGD cycles, compared to women with no euploid embryos available for transfer with either the first or second cycle. The positive predictive value of the first euploid cycle predicting a second euploid cycle was 72%, 95% CI 0.66-0.78. The negative predictive value of an aneuploid cycle was 50%, 95% CI 0.27-0.72. The sensitivity and specificity of the first PGD cycle predicting the second was 84%, 95% CI 0.77-0.91 and 33%, 95% CI 0.18-0.48, respectively. CONCLUSION(S): Even with a history of recurrent implantation failure, the availability of euploid embryos, especially on two, consecutive PGD cycles is associated with high ongoing pregnancy and implantation rates. Conversely, the absence of euploid embryos for transfer predicts poor reproductive outcome, even if subsequent cycles do yield euploid embryos.

Project description:IntroductionWomen with repeated implantation failure (RIF) and unexplained recurrent miscarriage (RM) are proposed to be at opposite ends of the implantation spectrum, with RM representing an overly receptive endometrium (implantation of genetically aberrant or poor-quality embryos) versus RIF representing an overly selective endometrium (no implantation even with good quality embryos). In both cases, often no explanation for reproductive failure can be found and although promising add-on treatments have been introduced, therapeutic options are frequently limited to supportive care. Both RM and RIF are multifactorial and research indicates that the interplay between steroidogenesis, uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and the microbiome determine the capacity of the endometrium to be a biosensor for invading embryos. Our objective is to elucidate whether there is a difference in endometrial receptivity parameters (ie, steroid metabolism, uNK cells and the microbiome) between women aged 18-38 years with reproductive failure (RIF and RM), and fertile controls.Methods and analysisSingle-centre, observational cohort study. Endometrial biopsies, vaginal swabs and peripheral blood will be collected during the window of implantation and menstrual blood in the subsequent menstruation. The study parameters are the steroid profile (steroid levels and mRNA levels, protein expression and activity of steroid enzymes) in endometrial tissue and peripheral blood, as well as the activating or inhibitory phenotype of uNK cells based on receptor expression in menstrual blood and endometrial tissue and determination of the vaginal and endometrial microbiome using the inter spacer bacterial profiling technique.Ethics and disseminationThe protocol is approved by the local medical ethical review committee at the Maastricht University Medical Centre. Findings from this study will be shared with the academic and medical community and the patient organisations to optimise and individualise medical care of patients with implantation failure and miscarriages.Trial registration numberNTR7571, registered 28 February 2019.

Project description:IntroductionSuccessful embryo implantation, is the initiating step of pregnancy, relies on not only the high quality of the embryo but also the synergistic development of a healthy endometrium. Characterization and identification of biomarkers for the receptive endometrium is an effective method for increasing the probability of successful embryo implantation.MethodsEndometrial tissues from 22 women with a history of recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and 19 fertile controls were collected using biopsy catheters on 7-9 days after the peak of luteinizing hormone. Differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in six patients with RIF and six fertile controls using isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)-based proteomics analysis.ResultsTwo hundred and sixty-three DEPs, including proteins with multiple bioactivities, such as protein translation, mitochondrial function, oxidoreductase activity, fatty acid and amino acid metabolism, were identified from iTRAQ. Four potential biomarkers for receptive endometrium named tubulin polymerization-promoting protein family member 3 TPPP3, S100 Calcium Binding Protein A13 (S100A13), 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 (HSD17B2), and alpha-2-glycoprotein 1, zinc binding (AZGP1) were further verified using ProteinSimple Wes and immunohistochemical staining in all included samples (n=22 for RIF and n=19 for controls). Of the four proteins, the protein levels of TPPP3 and HSD17B2 were significantly downregulated in the endometrium of patients with RIF.DiscussionPoor endometrial receptivity is considered the main reason for the decrease in pregnancy success rates in patients suffering from RIF. iTRAQ techniques based on isotope markers can identify and quantify low abundance proteomics, and may be suitable for identifying differentially expressed proteins in RIF. This study provides novel evidence that TPPP3 and HSD17B2 may be effective targets for the diagnosis and treatment of non-receptive endometrium and RIF.

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