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Infertility Therapy for Women Age Thirty-eight and Older

NCT00246506 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2013-01-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will determine the most effective treatment strategy for infertile couples who present when the female partner is 38 years to the 43rd birthday and the couples are determined to have a reasonable chance for success.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

intrauterine insemination

An assisted reproduction technique which deposits washed sperm directly into the uterus, bypassing the cervix, and allowing the sperm to enter the fallopian tubes where fertilization normally occurs.

PROCEDURE

in vitro fertilization

This procedure involves stimulating the ovaries, retrieving released eggs, fertilizing the eggs, growing the embryos in a laboratory, and then implanting the embryos in the woman's uterus to develop naturally.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Richard H. Reindollar, M.D. · Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
38 Years
Max Age
43 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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