Improving in Vitro Fertilization in Women With Poor Ovarian Response

Barzilai Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Ovarian Insufficiency; Poor Ovarian Response

Treatments: Procedure: In Vitro Fertilization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04024722

0019-18-BRZ

Details and patient eligibility

About

Improving the results of in vitro fertilization in women with poor ovarian response and early ovarian insufficiency

Full description

BACKGROUND: Mechanical disruption of the Hippo signaling pathway in the ovaries can increase the likelihood of pregnancy and childbirth in women with early ovarian insufficiency. The method may also "work" in women with poor ovarian reserve and poor response to routine fertility treatments.

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether mechanical stimulation of ovaries by cutting the ovarian cortex treatment can increase eggs number aspirated during In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

METHODS: Patients eligible for the study with poor ovarian response will receive treatment including laparoscopic surgery, resection, and transplantation of ovarian tissue in the same operation to improve the chances of IVF success and pregnancy. Participants will be assessed for surgical incisions and fertility assessment up to two weeks after treatment, including general physical examination, US pelvic examination, and blood tests for a hormonal profile to determine the initiation of ovarian stimulation and IVF. Patients will be monitored from 2 weeks to 1 year after treatment (once a week in the first two months and one month for one year after surgery), which will include a general physical examination, a pelvic ultrasound (US) and blood tests for the hormonal profile at the IVF clinic.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteers with poor ovarian response to standard fertility treatments according to the criteria of the European Fertility Association (ESHRE).
• Diagnosis of early ovarian insufficiency or symptoms that predict early ovarian insufficiency (imminent) seeking to become pregnant.

Exclusion criteria

Volunteers with

• Severe endometriosis diagnosed with laparoscopy.
• Previous major surgery involving ovaries.
• Ovarian cancer.
• Female reproductive malformations.
• Contraindications for laparoscopic surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Single ovary treatment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: In Vitro Fertilization

Dual ovary treatment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: In Vitro Fertilization