Ultrasound Guidance for Embryo Transfer

Menoufia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infertility

Treatments: Procedure: Transvaginal Ultrasound Guided ET; Procedure: Transabdominal Ultrasound Guided ET

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03851536

MU179

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized controlled study comparing the TVUS versus TAUS guidance during the procedure of embryo transfer.

Full description

The aim of this study was to Compare between transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasound guided embryo transfer as regarding clinical pregnancy rate, patient comfort, time required for embryo transfer and endometrial visualization at time of embryo transfer.

Enrollment: 178 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 42 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients undergoing autologous ICSI and frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles.

Exclusion criteria

1. Cases of sever ovarian hyperstimulation requiring embryo cryopreservation
2. Gestational surrogate cycles
3. Oocyte donation cycles
4. Very poor responders
5. Patients with inadequate visualization of the uterus by ultrasound.
6. Very difficult mock embryo transfer.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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178 participants in 2 patient groups

Transvaginal Ultrasound Guided ET

Experimental group

Description:

Transvaginal ultrasound is used to guide ET

Treatment:

Procedure: Transvaginal Ultrasound Guided ET

Transabdominal Ultrasound Guided ET

Experimental group

Description:

Transabdominal ultrasound is used to guide ET

Treatment:

Procedure: Transabdominal Ultrasound Guided ET