Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a clinical problem affecting 1-5% of couples of reproductive age. The contribution of thrombophilia to RPL is disputed. This controversy is partly due to low sensitivity of the genetic variants currently used to evaluate hereditary thrombophilia: the Leiden mutation (identified as rs6025) in the coagulation factor 5 (F5L) gene and mutation G20210A (identified as rs1799963) in the prothrombin (PT) gene. Our objective was to determine whether a wider algorithm that includes clinic and genetic variants associated with thrombophilia could be more useful in the prediction for RPL than FVL and PT alone.
Description: Repeated clinical pregnancy loss and/or foetal death (≥ 2 consecutive or ≥ 3 non-consecutive) before the 20th weeks of pregnancy
Measure: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Time: 20 weeksDescription: Pregnancy with life-birth
Measure: Pregnancy at term Time: 20 weeksCase-Control
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This controversy is partly due to low sensitivity of the genetic variants currently used to evaluate hereditary thrombophilia: the Leiden mutation (identified as rs6025) in the coagulation factor 5 (F5L) gene and mutation G20210A (identified as rs1799963) in the prothrombin (PT) gene. --- G20210A ---
This study hypothesize that the use of the Thrombo inCode® in the screening for hereditary thrombophilia in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss can improve the diagnostic sensitivity and predictive capacity of the routine genetic panel, based on FVL and G20210A PT. --- G20210A ---
The results produced from a single genetic analysis will allow comparison to the centres' routine protocol (FV Leiden and G20210A PT) with the complete Thrombo inCode® panel, that also includes the previously-mentioned classical variants. --- G20210A ---