Optimal Timing For Embryo Transfer For Low Responder Patients

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Infertility

Treatments: Other: Embryo Transfer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01040247

0027-09-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy, who are low responder and agree to enter the trial will be randomized to a study group, for whom embryo transfer will be done on the same day as oocyte aspiration and fertilization; and a control group for whom embryo transfer will be performed 48 to 72 hours later, as is the current accepted practice.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient undergoing IVF
• Number of mature oocytes equal to or lesser than the maximum number of embryos intended for transfer

Exclusion criteria

• Patient nor consenting

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

Day 0 Embryo Transfer

Experimental group

Description:

Embryo transfer will be performed on the same day as oocyte aspiration and fertilization

Treatment:

Other: Embryo Transfer

Day 2,3 Embryo Transfer

Active Comparator group

Description:

Embryo Transfer will be performed 2 or 3 days after oocyte aspiration and fertilization

Treatment:

Other: Embryo Transfer