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NCT number NCT02197832
Other study ID # HKU-VL-FETEA
Secondary ID
Status Terminated
Phase N/A
First received July 20, 2014
Last updated December 10, 2015
Start date September 2012
Est. completion date March 2015

Study information

Verified date December 2015
Source The University of Hong Kong
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Hong Kong: Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomised controlled trial on the effect of endometrial injury in the cycle preceding the frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. The study hypothesis is that endometrial injury will increase the ongoing pregnancy rate in FET cycles.


Description:

Consecutive women attending subfertility clinic at Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong who are scheduled for FET treatment will be recruited. Women who have normal uterine cavity will be randomized into study and control groups in 1 to 1 ratio according to a computer-generated randomization list.

For patients in the study group, in the cycle immediately preceding the scheduled FET treatment, an endometrial biopsy would be arranged on day 21-23 of the menstrual cycles and they will be instructed to use non-hormonal means of contraception during that cycle. For patient in the control group, a similar procedure would be performed on the same timing during the preceding cycles without entering the uterine cavity, ie endometrial biopsy catheter entering the endocervical canal without entering the endometrial cavity. All patients will then proceed to FET treatment in the next cycle as scheduled.

The FET would be carried out as per our protocol. In short, patients attend the clinic daily from 18 days before the next expected period for the determination of serum E2 and luteinising hormone (LH) concentrations until the LH surge, which was defined as the day on which the LH level was above 20 IU/L and doubled the average of the LH levels over the past three days. For patients with irregular menstrual cycles or no ovulation demonstrated during natural cycle monitoring, clomiphene citrate (CC, Clomid, Merrell, Staines, U.K.) 50-100 mg will be given daily for five days from Days 3-7. The cycle will be monitored by blood tests from day 10 of the cycle as above. FET was performed on the third day after the LH surge. Up to two frozen-thawed embryo(s) can be transferred. No luteal phase support is used. On-going pregnancy rates, defined as viable fetuses beyond 10-12 gestational weeks, between the two groups will be compared.

We should measure endometrial thickness on LH+1 in natural and clomid-induced cycles.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Terminated
Enrollment 20
Est. completion date March 2015
Est. primary completion date March 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years to 45 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Undergoing FET treatment cycles

- Normal uterine cavity as shown on transvaginal scanning or saline sonogram done at baseline

- endometrial thickness >=8mm during the stimulated IVF cycle and FET cycle

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy in previous IVF or FET cycles

- Presence of hydrosalpinx not surgically corrected prior to FET

- Presence of endometrial polyp or fibroid distorting uterine cavity

- IVF cycles carried out for preimplantation genetic diagnosis

- Arrange for blastocyst transfer

- Use of donor oocytes

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Endometrial biopsy
The procedure was performed in a standard approach using a Pipelle catheter (Pipelle de Cornier, Laboratoire C.C.D., France). The pipelle catheter was introduced through the cervix up to the uterine fundus. The piston was drawn back to the end of the sheath to create a negative pressure. The sheath was rotated and moved back and forth between the fundus and internal os for at least 3-4 times before it was gently withdrawn.
control procedure
Using pipelle catheter without entering the uterine cavity.
Device:
Pipelle catheter (Pipelle de Cornier, Laboratoire C.C.D., France)


Locations

Country Name City State
Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Ongoing pregnancy rate Pregnancy at 10-12 weeks pregnancy at 10-12 weeks No
Secondary Implantation rate Implantation rate = number of gestation sacs on ultrasound (USG) / number of embryos transferred 4-6 weeks after embryo transfer No
Secondary Clinical pregnancy rate Clinical pregnancy rate is the presence of gestation sac on USG scan. 6 weeks after embryo transfer No
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