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Things to think about when considering whether to have NIPT/cfDNA prenatal screening in the private sector Which conditions do I want NIPT for? Questions to ask when you are having NIPT in the private sector If you are interested in having the test at a private clinic, make sure you check that they have a clear link with an NHS unit, so that there is a co-ordinated care pathway in place if you were to have a worrying test result. Most clinics will include an ultrasound scan in the cost. Our research suggests that costs for NIPT range from £350 to £550. If a provider is charging significantly more than £500, ask what the fee includes. It is important to realise that in this case the CVS or amniocentesis will most often confirm that the baby has Down’s syndrome. If the test result given is ‘high chance’ or ‘likely to be affected’ you will be offered a CVS or amniocentesis to give a definite diagnosis. If the result is reported as ‘low chance’ or ‘very unlikely to be affected’, it is extremely unlikely that the baby has the condition. Remember NIPT does not give a yes/no answer it gives a probability. Results usually take a week to 10 days to come back from the laboratory.

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Most providers will do a second test for free if this happens. Women who are significantly overweight have been found to be at higher risk of being in this 3%. Even after 10 weeks there is a chance that they will not be able to collect enough cfDNA to provide a result. Before this it is difficult to collect enough cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from the blood sample. NIPT can be performed from 10 weeks of pregnancy. Ninalia and PrenatalSAFE (Eurofins Biomnis).Lucina NIPT (NHS West Midlands Regional Genetics Laboratory, Birmingham).

The Maternit21 Plus Prenatal Test (Sequenom Laboratories).

The IONA Test and SAFE Test (Yourgene Health).

Harmony Prenatal Test (Ariosa Diagnostics).

You should be able to find this on their websites. One way to check their claims is to look at the published data* they have on their test performance. They all claim high detection rates but some differ in the way they analyse the cfDNA. You can find out more about the labs doing the analysis below. There is no ‘direct to consumer’ testing available it must be done via a health care professional. Individual clinicians and private clinics are offering NIPT provided by a number of different laboratories, based here and overseas. NIPT was implemented in Wales in April 2018, in Scotland in September 2020 and in England in July 2021. In 2016, after a detailed review of the international evidence and a public consultation, the UKNSC recommended that NIPT should be carefully implemented into the NHS as part of the current Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme, (to be offered only to those women who have a screening result between 1 in 2 to 1 in 150). So it is currently a very sensitive screening test for Down’s syndrome, and it can also look for Edwards’ and Patau’s syndrome, though it is not as reliable for these two conditions. However, large scale studies show that the test has a high detection rate for Down’s syndrome. It is important to know that NIPT does not give a yes/no answer about chromosomal conditions. Most of the DNA comes from the mother but a small amount comes from the baby’s placenta. The blood sample is sent to a laboratory and cell-free DNA material is extracted and analysed. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), which is also known as cell-free DNA screening has been available (mainly in the private sector) in the UK since 2012.

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