OBJECTIVE: To determine any beneficial effects of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) of all chromosomes by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), with either day 3 or blastocyst biopsy, for idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) patients compared with their expected loss rate. DESIGN: Case series report. SETTING: Multiple fertility centers. PATIENT(S): A total of 287 cycles of couples with idiopathic RPL (defined as two or more losses). INTERVENTION(S): PGS was done with day 3 biopsy (n = 193) or blastocyst biopsy (n = 94), followed by analysis with aCGH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Spontaneous abortion rate, euploidy rate. RESULT(S): A total of 2,282 embryos were analyzed, of which 35% were euploid and 60% were aneuploid. There were 181 embryo transfer cycles, of which 100 (55%) became pregnant with an implantation rate of 45% (136 sacs/299 replaced embryos) and 94 pregnancies (92%) were ongoing (past second trimester) or delivered. The miscarriage rate was found to be only 6.9% (7/102), compared with the expected rate of 33.5% in an RPL control population and 23.7% in an infertile control population. CONCLUSION(S): Current PGS results with aCGH indicate a significant decrease in the miscarriage rate of idiopathic RPL patients and high pregnancy rates. Furthermore, this suggests that idiopathic recurrent miscarriage is mostly caused by chromosomal abnormalities in embryos.
OBJECTIVE: To determine any beneficial effects of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) of all chromosomes by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), with either day 3 or blastocyst biopsy, for idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) patients compared with their expected loss rate. DESIGN: Case series report. SETTING: Multiple fertility centers. PATIENT(S): A total of 287 cycles of couples with idiopathic RPL (defined as two or more losses). INTERVENTION(S): PGS was done with day 3 biopsy (n = 193) or blastocyst biopsy (n = 94), followed by analysis with aCGH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Spontaneous abortion rate, euploidy rate. RESULT(S): A total of 2,282 embryos were analyzed, of which 35% were euploid and 60% were aneuploid. There were 181 embryo transfer cycles, of which 100 (55%) became pregnant with an implantation rate of 45% (136 sacs/299 replaced embryos) and 94 pregnancies (92%) were ongoing (past second trimester) or delivered. The miscarriage rate was found to be only 6.9% (7/102), compared with the expected rate of 33.5% in an RPL control population and 23.7% in an infertile control population. CONCLUSION(S): Current PGS results with aCGH indicate a significant decrease in the miscarriage rate of idiopathic RPLpatients and high pregnancy rates. Furthermore, this suggests that idiopathic recurrent miscarriage is mostly caused by chromosomal abnormalities in embryos.
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