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Stimulated Intrauterine Insemination Cycles and Unstimulated Intrauterine Insemination Cycles in Couples With Unexplained Infertility

NCT02461173 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2016-07-29

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Summary

Four hundred and fifty women with unexplained infertility will be divided into 3 equal groups using computer generated random numbers: Group 1 will have up to 4 stimulated IUI cycles, group 2 will have up to 4 unstimulated cycles, women who do not become pregnant after the 4 cycles in groups 1 and 2 will be advised to have regular intercourse at the expected time of ovulation. Group 3 will be the control group will be advised to have regular sexual intercourse at the time of ovulation for 6 months

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Merional

On the 3rd day of menstruation women will have a vaginal ultrasound and will receive daily intramuscular 150 IU of human menopausal gonadotropins (hMG, Merional ®, IBSA, Lugano, Switzerland) starting from the 3nd day of menstruation.

PROCEDURE

IUI

Semen will be processed and drawn into a shepherd catheter attached to a 1 mL syringe and injected into the uterus

PROCEDURE

Ovulation detection

Women will be asked to test their morning urine specimen for luteinizing hormone daily starting 4 days before the expected day of ovulation. This will be done using a qualitative kit

DRUG

Choriomon

Administration of 10000 IU of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG; Choriomon®, IBSA) when at least 2 follicles measuring 18 mm are observed during vaginal ultrasound and is associated with serum E2 of 500-3000 Pg/mL

DEVICE

shepherd catheter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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Diseases

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