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Follicular Flushing

NCT01558141 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-01-14

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Summary

Patients with infertility often undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) to achieve a pregnancy, which involves ovarian stimulation, monitoring of follicular growth, oocyte retrieval, sperm insemination, embryo culture and embryo transfer.

The oocytes are removed during surgery by aspirating the follicles using a single lumen needle with an ultrasound to guide the procedure. There is some data that flushing the follicles with embryo culture media before aspiration using a double lumen needle increases the number of oocytes retrieved, particularly among poor responding patients for whom each additional oocyte recovered may substantially alter the outcome of that IVF cycle.

The objective of the research is to evaluate the effect of follicular flushing in poor responders on IVF cycle outcomes.

Conditions

  • Fertilization

Interventions

OTHER

Aspiration without flushing follicles with culture media

Aspiration without flushing follicles with culture media.

OTHER

Follicular Flushing

Flushing follicles with embryo culture media prior to aspiration.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven D. Spandorfer, MD · Weill Medical College of Cornell

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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