Laser - a New Possibility in Fertility Treatment - a Pilot Study

Regionshospitalet Viborg, Skive

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Exposure Laser; Infertility

Treatments: Device: + laser

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02594852

1-10-72-288-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study the investigators want to investigate if the pregnancy rate in conjunction with fertility treatment increases with concomitant use of laser therapy.

Full description

Furthermore the investigators want to examine the participants general mental and physical wellbeing during the experimental period using a VAS-scale.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. BMI : 18-32
2. long agonist/short antagonist IVF/intracytoplasmatic sperm injection (ICSI)treatment
3. 1-2 IVF/ICSI treatments without obtaining pregnancy.
4. signed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. uterine malformations
2. Uterine fibroids/polyps
3. need of an interpreter.
4. D.M, epilepsy, liver-kidney-heart disease
5. endometrial biopsy
6. cancer former cancer disease
7. acupuncture
8. metal in the body
9. suspicious naevi and tatoo´s

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention (+ laser)

Experimental group

Description:

+ laser therapy

Treatment:

Device: + laser

Non-intervention (- laser)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

- laser

Treatment:

Device: + laser