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No evidence of association between blastocyst aneuploidy and morphokinetic assessment in a selected population of poor-prognosis patients : a longitudinal cohort study

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by L Rienzi, A Capalbo, M Stoppa, S Romano, R Maggiulli, L Albricci, C Scarica, A Farcomeni, Gabor Vajta, F Ubaldi
Recent studies involving a limited number of patients have indicated a correlation between aneuploidy and various morphokinetic parameters during preimplantation development. The results among different groups, however, have been inconsistent in identifying the parameters that are able to predict chromosomal abnormalities. The aim of this study was to investigate whether aneuploidy of human blastocysts was detectable by specific morphokinetic parameters in patients at increased risk of aneuploidy because of advanced maternal age, history of unsuccessful IVF treatments, or both. A longitudinal cohort study was conducted using 455 blastocysts from 138 patients. Morphokinetic features of preimplantation development were detected in a timelapse incubator. Blastocysts were subjected to trophectodermal biopsy and comprehensive chromosomal screening. Analyses were conducted by means of logistic mixed-effects models, with a subject-specific intercept. No statistical correlation between 16 commonly detected morphokinetic characteristics of in-vitro embryo development and aneuploidy was found. Results suggest that morphokinetic characteristics cannot be used to select euploid blastocysts in poor-prognosis patients regarded as candidates for pre-implantation genetic screening.

History

Volume

30

Issue

1

Start Page

57

End Page

66

Number of Pages

10

ISSN

1472-6483

Location

United Kingdom

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

BGI-Shenzhen; Medicina della Riproduzione; School of Medical and Applied Sciences (2013- ); TBA Research Institute; Università di Roma;

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

Reproductive biomedicine online.