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NCT number NCT01925742
Other study ID # 2014-1236; SIRUL-102531
Secondary ID B13-06-1236
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received August 16, 2013
Last updated February 21, 2018
Start date November 2013
Est. completion date June 2017

Study information

Verified date April 2016
Source CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Each year, 450,000 Canadian women become pregnant and, as a result of their participation in prenatal screening for Down syndrome, approximately 10,000 of them will have an amniocentesis (i.e. sampling of liquid surrounding the fetus) and of those, 315 will be found to carry a baby with Down syndrome and 70 normal pregnancies will be lost from complications of the procedure. It has been discovered recently that, during pregnancy, there is fetal DNA in maternal blood in sufficient quantities to be analysed and methods have been proposed to detect the presence or not of a fetus with Down syndrome using maternal blood. The introduction of genomic blood testing as proposed in the context of this project could lead to increased detection of Down syndrome, less invasive screening with 9700 amniocentesis avoided each year in Canada, improving the peace of mind of pregnant women, and preventing the accidental loss of 70 normal fetuses, at a lower overall cost than current practice. However, these methods still need to be validated before being appropriately introduced in routine care.

The study hypothesis is that new genomics-based non-invasive methods using fetal-DNA in maternal blood during pregnancy can be more effective than current prenatal screening methods for fetal aneuploidy.

This project will carry out an independent study that will validate the performance and utility of different new genomic technologies for screening in pregnant women using maternal blood. The team of researchers will compare the real-life performance of different non-invasive assays and strategies to screen for fetal aneuploidy, and identify an evidence-based cost-effective approach for implementation of this new technology in the Canadian health care system. The deliverables of this project will enable decision makers, pregnant women and their partner to make informed choices pertaining to prenatal genetic screening and diagnosis, such as screening for Down syndrome, and reduce the risk to pregnancies associated with amniocentesis.


Description:

The present study is a real life comparative effectiveness study that will compare the performances and costs of several prenatal screening modalities for fetal aneuploidy (see interventions).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 3819
Est. completion date June 2017
Est. primary completion date June 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 19 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria (High risk arm):

- women 19 years or older between 10 weeks and 23 weeks 6 days gestation undergoing amniocentesis or CVS for:

- positive prenatal screen;

- abnormal ultrasound

- previous pregnancy with trisomy

- patient or partner carrier of Robertsonian translocation involving chr 21

- positive NIPT result

- Maternal age 40 or more

Inclusion Criteria (Low risk arm):

- women 19 years and older who are 10 and 13 weeks 6 days gestation based on dating ultrasound (CRL) and are undergoing screening for Down syndrome (first trimester combined, SIPS or IPS)

Exclusion Criteria:

- women with multiple gestations

- women with twin demise (spontaneous or elective) at any gestational age

- women with active or history of malignancy

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Integrated prenatal screening for Down's syndrome
Analysis of several serum biochemical markers, and fetal nuchal translucency by ultrasound, with computation of an individual risk of fetal aneuploidy.
Serum QUAD Assay for aneuploidy screening
Series of biochemical markers with results integrated into a computational estimate of risk of fetal aneuploidy
Semiconductor MPSS NIPT assay using ccfDNA in maternal blood
Analysis by next-generation sequencing of ccfDNA (circulating cell-free DNA) from maternal blood, using a targeted NIPT assay.
Optical-based MPSS NIPT assay using ccfDNA in maternal blood
Analysis by next-generation sequencing of ccfDNA (circulating cell-free DNA) from maternal blood, using an un-targeted NIPT assay.
Harmony™ Test (Ariosa Diagnostics)
Test that is commercially available (Ariosa Diagnostics). (will be used for benchmarking purposes in a subset of each arm)

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada Foothills Medical Centre Calgary Alberta
Canada CHU Ste-Justine Montreal Quebec
Canada The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa Ontario
Canada CHU de Québec Quebec City Quebec
Canada Children's & Women's Health Centre Vancouver British Columbia

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Genome British Columbia, Genome Canada, Genome Quebec, Laval University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Overall costs of screening algorithm 6 weeks after delivery
Primary Number of cases with Fetal trisomy 21, 18 or 13 Only pregnant women will be recruited, fetal outcome will be assessed by fetal karyotype or at or after delivery. 6 weeks after the delivery date
Secondary Number of women with assay failure At end of pregnancy.
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