The Effect of Pre-washing the Insemination Catheter on Pregnancy Outcome

NCT02445092 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2016-09-27

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Summary

The investigators hypothesize that washing the insemination catheter prior to performing the IUI (intrauterine insemination) will improve the pregnancy outcome in IUI cycles when compared to controls (without pre-washing the catheter).

Catheter washing is performed routinely before embryo transfer, however it is not done for IUI catheters. Therefore no data is available on applying the technique to IUI catheters prior to insemination.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

washing the insemination catheter with sperm washing media

Intervention: pre-washing of the IUI catheter Throughout the research period all of the insemination catheters used for patients recruited in our study, will be prepared as follows: * Connection: The catheter used for insemination, will be connected to the sperm filled syringe as per our standard procedure. * Catheter washing: The sperm washing media will be aspirated and then flushed through the insemination catheter.. * Sperm loading: catheters washed or not connected to the syringe will be loaded with the washed sperm sample as our standard procedure. Labeling: Patient identification data will be labeled on the syringe and place back in the original package cover to ensure proper blinding and sterility of the catheter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Patricia Monnier, MD · MUHC reproductive center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-07-31
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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