Randomized Prospective Trial on the Use of Laser Assisted Hatching (LAH) for Transfer of Frozen/Thawed Embryos in Human IVF/ICSI
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Brief Summary
At the time of transfer of frozen/thawed embryos in human IVF/ICSI, patients are randomized between study and control group.In the control group no additional intervention takes place on the embryos to be transferred,in the study group, embryos for transfer are subjected to laser assisted hatching(LAH) following the standard procedure.The LAH procedure lasts two minutes per embryo.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Dec 2007
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 16, 2007
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 20, 2007
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 1, 2007
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2013
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2013
CompletedJanuary 27, 2014
January 1, 2014
5.3 years
November 16, 2007
January 24, 2014
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
clinical implantation per transferred embryo
fourteen days after transfer
Secondary Outcomes (1)
clinical pregnancy and birth per transfer
resp. 12 weeks and 38 weeks after transfer
Study Arms (2)
1
EXPERIMENTALEmbryos for transfer are subjected to laser assisted hatching(LAH) following the standard procedure.The LAH procedure lasts two minutes per embryo.
2
NO INTERVENTIONNo intervention
Interventions
Embryos for transfer are subjected to laser assisted hatching(LAH) following the standard procedure.The LAH procedure lasts two minutes per embryo
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years old and above
- Female
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University Hospital Ghent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Petra De Sutter, MD, PhD
University Hospital, Ghent
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 16, 2007
First Posted
November 20, 2007
Study Start
December 1, 2007
Primary Completion
April 1, 2013
Study Completion
April 1, 2013
Last Updated
January 27, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-01