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Clinical outcomes of screen-positive genome-wide cfDNA cases for trisomy 20: results from the global expanded NIPT Consortium

Molecular Cytogenetics volume 17, Article number: 9 (2024) Cite this article

Abstract

Trisomy 20 has been shown to be one of the most frequent rare autosomal trisomies in patients that undergo genome-wide noninvasive prenatal testing. Here, we describe the clinical outcomes of cases that screened positive for trisomy 20 following prenatal genome-wide cell-free (cf.) DNA screening. These cases are part of a larger cohort of previously published cases. Members of the Global Expanded NIPT Consortium were invited to submit details on their cases with a single rare autosomal aneuploidy following genome-wide cfDNA screening for retrospective analysis. Clinical details including patient demographics, test indications, diagnostic testing, and obstetric pregnancy outcomes were collected. Genome-wide cfDNA screening was conducted following site-specific laboratory procedures. Cases which screened positive for trisomy 20 (n = 10) were reviewed. Clinical outcome information was available for 90% (9/10) of our screen-positive trisomy 20 cases; the case without diagnostic testing ended in a fetal demise. Of the nine cases with outcome information, one was found to have a mosaic partial duplication (duplication at 20p13), rather than a full trisomy 20. Only one case in the study cohort had placental testing; therefore, confined placental mosaicism could not be ruled out in most cases. Adverse pregnancy outcomes were seen in half of the cases, which could suggest the presence of underlying confined placental mosaicism or mosaic/full fetal trisomy 20. Based on our limited series, the likelihood of true fetal aneuploidy is low but pregnancies may be at increased risk for adverse obstetric outcomes and may benefit from additional surveillance.

Introduction

It has been over a decade since the clinical introduction of cell-free (cf.) DNA screening into the prenatal space, with numerous publications demonstrating the high accuracy of this screening test in the detection of common fetal trisomies (trisomies 21, 18, and 13) [1,2,3,4]. The use of cfDNA screening to test for the presence of common fetal trisomies is now recommended by many professional medical societies for all pregnant patients [5,6,7,8,9], however, professional societies note that more data is needed for cfDNA screening beyond the common trisomies. Genome-wide cfDNA screening can identify chromosomal aneuploidies that may impact a pregnancy beyond trisomies 21, 18, and 13, including rare autosomal aneuploidies (RAAs) and copy number variants. There has been an increasing number of studies detailing their clinical experience with genome-wide cfDNA screening in recent years [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26]. Several of these studies have also detailed the adverse perinatal complications that can arise in some patients that screen-positive for RAAs or copy number variants following genome-wide cfDNA screening including preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, intrauterine fetal demise, and preterm birth. However, the data specific to cases screening positive for trisomy 20 is relatively limited and thus this cohort attempts to contribute to the body of aneuploidy-specific literature. As more cases of rare aneuploidies by cfDNA are published and more information becomes available on the outcomes and phenotype for specific chromosomes, providers should theoretically be able to provide more tailored pregnancy management and counseling.

Studies have shown screen-positive rates for RAAs ranging from 0.12 to 1.1% [23, 27]. In our previous study looking at the impact of RAAs on pregnancy management and outcomes, we found that trisomy 20 was detected in 9.2% of patients with a screen-positive result for a RAA [12]. Another recent study noted that trisomy 20 was one of the most frequent rare autosomal trisomies in their patient cohort (11.5% of screen-positive cases) [18]. Trisomy 20 may be present in full or mosaic form in the fetus or placenta, although full fetal trisomy 20 typically results in an early pregnancy loss. The incidence of mosaic trisomy 20 on amniocentesis in a general pregnancy population is approximately 1 in 5000 [28]. A study looking at chromosomal abnormalities in products of conception following an early miscarriage found that trisomy 20 was present in about 1.2% of cases [29]. Chromosome 20 is also known to be imprinted and paternal uniparental disomy (UPD) phenotypes have been reported [30]. Mosaic trisomy 20 at amniocentesis is associated with a spectrum of outcomes that may not be correlated to the level of mosaicism [31,32,33,34]. Postnatal phenotypic features of mosaic trisomy 20 can include spinal abnormalities, hypotonia, lifelong constipation, sloped shoulders, and significant learning disabilities [34].

The objective of this study was to add to the body of evidence around prenatal screening for conditions beyond the common trisomies by describing the outcomes of a small cohort of patients that had a positive result for trisomy 20 following genome-wide cfDNA screening. These cases were previously published as part of a larger cohort of cases [12]. Diagnostic testing outcomes as well as pregnancy and birth outcomes for these cases are discussed.

Methods

As noted above, the data in this study are based on a subset of previously published data [12]. As outlined in the prior publication, members of the Global Expanded NIPT Consortium were invited to submit details on their cases with a single RAA following genome-wide cfDNA screening for retrospective analysis. For this study, only cases that screened positive for the presence of trisomy 20 were included. All cases of trisomy 20 in the broader cohort were included in the dataset for the present study. Patient samples collected as part of routine cfDNA screening were included in this retrospective data analysis study, according to site-specific protocols and standards of care. Samples from both high-risk and low-risk pregnancy cohorts, along with singleton or twin samples, could be included in the study. Information including patient demographics, test referral indications, and information on human chorionic gonadotropin levels, pregnancy associated plasma protein levels, and nuchal translucency were collected if available. All data was de-identified before analysis was carried out.

Genome-wide cfDNA screening was carried out at each of the four sites according to their specific laboratory protocols; sites described in the original study that did not have trisomy 20 cases were excluded here [12]. Three of the four sites used the VeriSeq™ NIPT Solution v2 assay (Illumina, Inc.) [35], and one site used the TruSeq™ Nano 16 sample protocol (Illumina, Inc.) for cfDNA sequencing [36]. All four sites attempted to collect follow-up clinical information, including diagnostic testing outcomes and obstetric pregnancy outcomes, for each of their submitted cases. Concordance of cfDNA results with diagnostic outcomes were based on either fetal or placental testing. As in the previous publication, cases were considered concordant if they had either a full or mosaic trisomy 20 or UPD on chromosome 20.

Results

Ten of the cases submitted by members of the Consortium screened positive for the presence of trisomy 20. All ten samples were from singleton pregnancies and were collected between 2017 and 2020. Maternal ages, gestational ages, and fetal fractions for each of the 10 patients are provided in Table 1. The median maternal age was 38.0 years, with a range of 32.0–47.0 years; in 90% of cases, the patient was over 35 years old at the time of testing. The median gestational age was 11.8 weeks, with a range of 10.3–15.3 weeks; most cases had testing in the first trimester. Fetal fractions ranged from 6 to 12%, with an average of 8% and a median of 9%. Two cases did not have fetal fractions available (non-interpretable fetal fraction results) as detailed in Mossfield et al. [12]. With regards to referral indications for cfDNA screening, six cases did not list a referral indication, three cases listed advanced maternal age, and one case listed primary screening (Table 1). The patient that listed primary screening as the referral indication had a beta human chorionic gonadotropin level of 0.41 multiple of the median, a pregnancy associated plasma protein level of 0.71 multiple of the median, and a nuchal translucency of 1.4 mm.

Table 1 Patient characteristics and referral indications (n = 10)
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Diagnostic testing was carried out for 90% (9/10) of the screen-positive trisomy 20 cases (see Table 2); the one case without diagnostic testing ended in a fetal demise at 13 weeks of gestation. All nine cases underwent amniocentesis to determine fetal concordance, with one case (case #8) also having placental testing (postnatal) in addition to amniocentesis. All nine of the cases with testing on amniotic fluid had normal testing as indicated in Table 2. Only one case (case #2) had UPD testing, which returned a normal result, even though UPD testing is recommended for patients with a screen-positive cfDNA result on trisomy 20. Of the nine cases with diagnostic information, one was found to have a mosaic partial duplication (duplication at 20p13). The one case that had placental testing in addition to fetal testing was found to be discordant with the cfDNA screening result. The lack of placental testing in the other cases meant that confined placental mosaicism (CPM) could not be ruled out for those patients.

Table 2 Diagnostic testing outcomes and obstetric outcomes for study cohort
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Figure 1 shows the distribution of outcomes for all ten cases. Adverse pregnancy outcomes were seen in 50% (5/10), which could suggest the presence of underlying CPM or a mosaic/full fetal trisomy 20, especially for the spontaneous fetal demise case (Table 2). However, none of the cases with adverse outcomes had placental testing. Adverse pregnancy complications observed in these patients included preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, spontaneous preterm birth, and fetal demise. Of the seven known cases that resulted in a liveborn, birth weights were available for five; none of these cases experienced a low birth weight.

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Distribution of outcomes for genome-wide cfDNA screen-positive trisomy 20 cases

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Discussion

In this study we describe diagnostic and obstetric outcomes for a small cohort of patients who screened positive for presence of trisomy 20 following genome-wide cfDNA screening. Our case series observed a range of outcomes for these 10 cases, from fetal demise in a case without diagnostic testing, to normal, term, live-births in discordant cases (normal amniocentesis result). It is possible that the case that ended in a fetal demise at 13 weeks could have been due to the presence of confined placental mosaicism or full or mosaic fetal trisomy 20, as fetal trisomy 20 often results in an early miscarriage. However, to our knowledge, testing of the products of conception was not carried out in this case. Four other cases that were found to be discordant following diagnostic testing with amniocentesis also had adverse outcomes. While this may be due to underlying CPM, none of these cases had placental testing. Indeed, the other discordant cases without adverse outcomes may also have had underlying CPM. Placental studies in clinical settings are challenging and valuable information regarding CPM associated with RAAs is often not available. A recent study noted that over half of RAA cases with follow-up that were found to be false positives based on fetal testing had confirmed CPM based on placental or chorionic villus biopsy [18]. Confined placental mosaicism has been shown to be associated with a range of pregnancy and birth complications including fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, structural fetal anomalies, and preeclampsia [12, 13, 37, 38]. In a recent study from the TRIDENT group in the Netherlands, CPM trisomy 20 cases were found to be significantly associated with preeclampsia and with an onset of labor by planned caesarean Sect. [13]. Although out study cohort is limited by small sample size, our findings are similar to those seen in previous studies [13, 39].

Studies have shown a range of positive predictive values (PPVs) for RAAs detected by cfDNA screening, with a recent publication noting a pooled PPV of 11.46% in the detection of rare autosomal trisomies based on a meta-analysis of 31 studies [40]. However, most studies base their PPV on concordance with fetal diagnostic testing only, and not placental testing. Therefore, the PPV may in fact be much higher for RAA cases. Unfortunately, a lack of comprehensive diagnostic testing prohibits the calculation of PPV for our study cohort. However, if we consider the possibility that the four cases with adverse pregnancy outcomes but no placental testing may have had CPM of trisomy 20, and that the fetal demise case was a fetal trisomy 20 case, then our study PPV could have been as high as 50% (5/10). In addition, if we also view the case with a mosaic partial duplication (duplication at 20p13) as concordant with the cfDNA result, then the study PPV could have been as high as 60% (6/10).

Given the adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes that can occur with RAAs, some publications have suggested tailored perinatal management for patients who screen positive for presence of a RAA [12, 13]. This could include detailed ultrasound scans, increased monitoring for complications such as fetal growth restriction, and confirmatory diagnostic testing. It has also been suggested that confirmatory testing using CVS may be preferable over amniocentesis for a trisomy 20 result on cfDNA screening as this trisomy is usually involved in CPM type I, i.e., presence of the aneuploidy in the cytotrophoblast only [41]. UPD testing should also be considered for patients with a screen-positive result for trisomy 20 [30], given the potential for a trisomic rescue resulting in a mosaic placenta and euploid fetus. Unfortunately, in this cohort of cases, UPD testing was only carried out in one case. As is the case with all cfDNA screening, appropriate comprehensive pre-and post-test counselling of all patients is needed.

In conclusion, genome-wide cfDNA screening allows screening for additional chromosomal aneuploidies beyond the common trisomies. As the uptake of genome-wide cfDNA screening increases, more data regarding clinical outcomes of RAAs, including chromosome-specific data, will be useful for patient counseling. Diagnostic testing is recommended in the event of any screen-positive cfDNA result [5,6,7]; placental testing should be considered more systematically for screen-positive cases. In addition, in the event of a screen-positive result involving an imprinted chromosome, UPD testing should also be considered. Based on our series, the fetal outcome for genome-wide cfDNA screen-positive cases for trisomy 20 is encouraging, but pregnancies may be at increased risk for adverse obstetric outcomes and may benefit from additional surveillance. Given that this cohort was comprised mostly of patients of advanced maternal age, further studies are needed to see if similar outcomes are observed in an average-risk obstetric population.

Data availability

The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to patient privacy concerns as well as ethical restrictions but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Abbreviations

cfDNA:

cell-free DNA

CPM:

confined placental mosaicism

RAA:

rare autosomal aneuploidy

UPD:

uniparental disomy

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge and thank all members of the Global Expanded NIPT Consortium: Vivian Weinblatt (Labcorp Women’s Health and Genetics, Labcorp, San Diego, CA, United States); Thomas Westover (Dept of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Capital Health, Trenton, NJ, United States; Dept of OB/GYN, Cooper Medical School, Camden, NJ, United States); Summer Pierson (Myriad Genetics, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States); Simon Meagher (Monash Ultrasound for Women, Monash IVF Group, Victoria, Australia); Rebecca Dickson and Michael Bonifacio (Genea, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia); Katie Ellis (Genea, Sydney New SouthWales, Australia; Illumina, Inc. San Diego, CA, United States); Pascale Kleinfinger, Armelle Luscan, Laurence Lohmann, and Fernando Martin (Laboratory CERBA, 7/11 Rue de l’Équerre, 95310 Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, France); Luigia De Falco, Roberto Sirica, and Giovanni Savarese (AMES, Centro Polidiagnostico Strumentale, Srl, Naples, Italy); Monika Jurkowska and Anna Boguszewska-Chachulska (Genomed SA, Warsaw, Poland); Thomas Harasim (Medical Genetics Center, Munich, Germany); Pablo Marchili (Veragen, Buenos Aires, Argentina); and Yvonne Holt and Renee Briers (Next Biosciences, Johannesburg, South Africa). The authors would also like to thank all of the team members at each of their respective institutes that are involved in the cfDNA screening process. Finally, the authors would like to thank Kristine Jinnett, Kirsten Curnow, Sucheta Bhatt, and Kristin Dalton (Illumina, Inc.) for their assistance in the preparation and critical review of the manuscript.

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    Erica Soster

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    Tamara Mossfield

  3. Monash IVF Genetics, Monash IVF Group, Richmond, VIC, Australia

    Melody Menezes

  4. Next Biosciences, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  5. Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

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  6. Department of Medical Genetics, CHU de Quebec Research and Mother and Child Center, University Hospital of Quebec, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

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All authors contributed to the initial conception of the study. TM, MM, GA, MLD, JG, TH, and KL contributed to data collection and entry or curation. ES assisted in data curation. TM, ES, and MM performed data analysis. ES contributed to writing of the original draft of the manuscript. All authors contributed to review and editing of the manuscript, and all authors have read and approved the manuscript.

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Soster, E., Mossfield, T., Menezes, M. et al. Clinical outcomes of screen-positive genome-wide cfDNA cases for trisomy 20: results from the global expanded NIPT Consortium. Mol Cytogenet 17, 9 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13039-024-00677-1

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