Aneuploidy, NIPT Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Safer Pre-Natal Diagnosis Using Free DNA in Maternal Blood
A diagnostic peripheral maternal blood test taken and the free foetal DNA is analysed and the presence of trisomies using a novel method.
A total of ~2000 participants have donated blood samples used for the development and validation of the IONA non-invasive prenatal screening test for Downs, Edwards and Patau syndrome. The IONA Test was CE marked Feb 2013. We are now recruiting a further 800 participants to provide blood samples to further develop and verify the test for other chromosomal abnormalities and to improve test efficiency. ;