Value of Routine Hysteroscopy Prior to IVF/ICSI Cycles

Ain Shams Maternity Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infertility

Treatments: Device: Hysteroscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02245750

Routine Hysterscopy

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the current study the investigators hypothesize that Routine Hysteroscopy prior to IVF/ICSI cycle increases the clinical pregnancy rate.

Full description

A randomized controlled study involving 300 patients with recurrent implantation failure

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient's age ranged from 20-40 years.
2. Normal appearance of the uterine cavity on hysterosalpingography.
3. Patients prepared for IVF/ICSI cycle.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients who have any contraindications for hysteroscopy. (Menstruation, pregnancy, severe vaginitis or cervicitis, endometrial infection and history of Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases).
2. Patients with uterine cavity pathology previously known to the examiner.
3. Patients with previous uterine surgery such as myomectomy.
4. Patients with abnormal HSG.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Routine Invistigations

No Intervention group

Description:

ICSI with long luteal phase protocol

Hysteroscopy

Experimental group

Description:

hysteroscopy will be done prior to the ICSI cycle

Treatment:

Device: Hysteroscopy