Frozen Embryo Transfer in PCOS Patients
Single Versus Double Frozen Embryo Transfer in PCOS Patients
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is condition characterized by being complex, familial and polygenetic metabolic condition with heterogeneous involvement of several genes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. PCOS is the most incident endocrine-metabolic syndrome that is characterized by hyperandrogenemia, menstrual irregularities, and/or small cysts in one or both ovaries and could be considered as the main cause of female infertility. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were defined by the American Center for Disease Control as any fertility-related treatments where eggs or embryos are manipulated. In vitro fertilization involves the transfer of fresh embryos, however, the freeze-all strategy that entails cryopreservation of all embryos to be transferred subsequently in un-stimulated cycle to guard against the negative effects of controlled ovarian stimulation on the endometrium and to minimize the risk of ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome. Intracytroplasmatic sperm injection (ICSI) is a common procedure used to improve reproductive results, even among couples without male factor infertility. However, there are several points of controversy in the fields of ART traditionally, multiple embryo transfer strategy was used to increase the chance for getting a baby, however, multiple pregnancy is a common complication for this strategy with subsequent adverse fetal, maternal and neonatal outcomes. Also, the developmental stage of embryos at time of transfer; cleavage versus blastocyst was a matter of debit, but giving the chance for in-vitro maturation to the stage of blastocyst increased the possibility of getting good quality embryo to be transferred. However, the exaggeration of prolongation of the in-vitro duration appeared as a trend, but recent studies found no advantages for transfer of D7 or D6 blastocyst over D5 blastocyst transfer (BT).
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jun 2019
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 7, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 5, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 25, 2022
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 2, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 11, 2023
CompletedMay 11, 2023
May 1, 2023
2.7 years
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
the live birth rate (LBR) after SBT and DBT
9 months
Study Arms (2)
PCOS Patient
ACTIVE COMPARATORMale factor infertility
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Infertile women fulfilling at least two of the Rotterdam criteria for diagnosis of PCOS;
- aged 20-35 years;
- had body mass index (BMI) of less than 35 kg/m2;
- mild hirsutism on Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) visual scoring system;
- their hormonal profile of serum AMH \>4.5, FSH \<5.85 LH\>5.39;
- had no previous attempts of ICSI were included in the study.
You may not qualify if:
- Patients who were out of the predetermined age range and BMI;
- had uterine abnormalities;
- hydrosaplnix;
- recurrent miscarriage;
- medical diseases interfering with or being complicated by occurrence of pregnancy;
- cases requiring ICSI with TESE samples;
- had obesity-inducing endocrinopathy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Zagazig University
Zagazig, Ash Sharqia Governorate, 44519, Egypt
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER GOV
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant professor of gynecology
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 2, 2023
First Posted
May 11, 2023
Study Start
June 7, 2019
Primary Completion
March 5, 2022
Study Completion
July 25, 2022
Last Updated
May 11, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-05