Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.

<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the clinical performance of expanded non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT-plus) and compare its effectiveness in screening for chromosomal aneuploidies with that of NIPT.<h4>Methods</h4>Screening results, confirmatory invasive testing results, and f...

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Main Authors: Shaozhe Yang, Yuan Zhuang, Junfeng Li, Xiuhong Fu
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312184
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description <h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the clinical performance of expanded non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT-plus) and compare its effectiveness in screening for chromosomal aneuploidies with that of NIPT.<h4>Methods</h4>Screening results, confirmatory invasive testing results, and follow-up data from pregnant women who underwent either NIPT (6792 cases) or NIPT-Plus (5237 cases) testing at Luohe Central Hospital, China, from January 2019 to June 2023 were collected. The positive predictive value (PPV), sensitivity, specificity, and other indicators for different types of chromosomal abnormalities in NIPT/NIPT-plus screening were calculated. The willingness of pregnant women with various types of abnormalities to undergo confirmatory invasive testing and the proportion of pregnancy terminations were investigated.<h4>Results</h4>The average number of unique reads in NIPT-plus samples was 5.26 times greater than that in NIPT samples. There was no significant difference in the PPV or positive rate between NIPT-plus and NIPT for screening chromosomal aneuploidies. Compared with the low-risk group, the high-risk group had a greater PPV; however, in the NIPT-plus group, there was no significant disparity in the PPV between the low-risk and high-risk groups. Compared with rare autosomal aneuploidies (RAAs), pregnant women had a higher rate of confirmatory invasive testing for common trisomies, sex chromosomal abnormalities (SCAs), and copy number variations (CNVs). However, the rate of pregnancy termination for common trisomies, RAAs, and CNVs was higher than that for SCAs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>By enhancing sequencing data, NIPT-plus can effectively screen for CNVs as well as chromosomal aneuploidies. However, NIPT-plus does not have an advantage over standard NIPT in screening for chromosomal aneuploidies.
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spelling doaj-art-e4e398c41aa34463b2b3b9cacc6b2e882025-02-05T05:32:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01201e031218410.1371/journal.pone.0312184Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.Shaozhe YangYuan ZhuangJunfeng LiXiuhong Fu<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the clinical performance of expanded non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT-plus) and compare its effectiveness in screening for chromosomal aneuploidies with that of NIPT.<h4>Methods</h4>Screening results, confirmatory invasive testing results, and follow-up data from pregnant women who underwent either NIPT (6792 cases) or NIPT-Plus (5237 cases) testing at Luohe Central Hospital, China, from January 2019 to June 2023 were collected. The positive predictive value (PPV), sensitivity, specificity, and other indicators for different types of chromosomal abnormalities in NIPT/NIPT-plus screening were calculated. The willingness of pregnant women with various types of abnormalities to undergo confirmatory invasive testing and the proportion of pregnancy terminations were investigated.<h4>Results</h4>The average number of unique reads in NIPT-plus samples was 5.26 times greater than that in NIPT samples. There was no significant difference in the PPV or positive rate between NIPT-plus and NIPT for screening chromosomal aneuploidies. Compared with the low-risk group, the high-risk group had a greater PPV; however, in the NIPT-plus group, there was no significant disparity in the PPV between the low-risk and high-risk groups. Compared with rare autosomal aneuploidies (RAAs), pregnant women had a higher rate of confirmatory invasive testing for common trisomies, sex chromosomal abnormalities (SCAs), and copy number variations (CNVs). However, the rate of pregnancy termination for common trisomies, RAAs, and CNVs was higher than that for SCAs.<h4>Conclusion</h4>By enhancing sequencing data, NIPT-plus can effectively screen for CNVs as well as chromosomal aneuploidies. However, NIPT-plus does not have an advantage over standard NIPT in screening for chromosomal aneuploidies.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312184
spellingShingle Shaozhe Yang
Yuan Zhuang
Junfeng Li
Xiuhong Fu
Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.
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title Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.
title_full Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.
title_fullStr Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.
title_full_unstemmed Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.
title_short Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies.
title_sort expanded non invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312184
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