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. 2020 Nov 24;38(2):319–331. doi: 10.1007/s10815-020-02015-x

Table 2.

Summary of the main published clinical evidence on 1PN-derived embryos. PN pronuclei, D3 day 3, STRs short tandem repeats, aCGH array comparative genomic hybridization, qPCR quantitative polymerase chain reaction, SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, NGS next-generation sequencing, TLM mite lapse microscopy, SET single embryo transfer, LBR live birth rate

Paper Size Workflow PN assessment Euploidy rate LBR
Destouni 2018

268 cycles

132 1PN out of 2337 zygotes (6%)

15 D3 embryos out of 132 1PN zygotes (11%)

- ICSI

- D3 biopsy

- Blastocyst vitrification

- Genome-wide haplotyping

Standard

Euploid-diploid biparental:

5 out of 14 D3 embryos (36%)

1 out of 1 euploid-diploid blastocyst SET (100%)
Mateo 2017

64 cycles

115 1PN-derived D3 embryos

- ICSI

- D3 biopsy

- Blastocyst vitrification

- aCGH

TLM

Euploid:

15 out of 88 D3 embryos (17%)

1 out of 2 euploid blastocyst SETs (50%)
Capalbo 2017

678 cycles

200 1PN out of 3785 zygotes (5%)

13 blastocysts out of 200 1PN zygotes (6.5%)

- ICSI

- TE biopsy

- Blastocyst vitrification

- qPCR (for aneuploidies) plus SNP-array/NGS (for ploidy)

Standard/TLM

Euploid-diploid:

3 out of 13 blastocysts (23%)

1 out of 2 euploid-diploid blastocyst SETs (50%)
Bradley 2017

4272 cycles

1192 1PN zygotes

106 blastocysts out of 1192 1PN zygotes (9%)

- IVF/ICSI

- TE biopsy

- Blastocyst vitrification

- aCGH/NGS (for aneuploidies) plus STRs analysis among female balanced blastocysts (for ploidy)

Standard

Euploid-diploid:

55 out of 106 blastocysts (52%)

[4 female blastocysts were not tested for ploidy due to absence of parental controls]

9 out of 26 euploid-diploid blastocyst SETs (35%)
Hondo 2019 11,588 cycles

- IVF/ICSI

- Blastocyst culture

Standard - 14 out of 73 untested blastocyst SETs (19%)