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Comparing Two Types of Endometrial Activation Prior to Embryo Transfer

NCT04363879 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 195

Last updated 2022-10-20

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Summary

To determine if two types of endometrial activation (Pipelle curette or Shepard catheter) prior to embryo transfer result in similar live birth rates. Also to determine if patients experience similar pain from both types of endometrial activation.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Endometrial scratch with Pipelle curette

For patients in the Pipelle curette group, physicians inserted the Pipelle curette into the uterus and removed an adequate endometrial sample using vigorous motion.

PROCEDURE

Endometrial scratch with Shepard catheter

For patients in the Shepard catheter group, physicians performed a four-quadrant scratch technique by inserting the Shepard insemination catheter into the uterus at 12:00. The catheter was then turned one-quarter turn and withdrawn. This was repeated two more times so that four endometrial quadrants were touched by the catheter at 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, and 9:00.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brad Hurst, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  • Kathryn Goldrick, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-16
Primary Completion
2017-07-01
Completion
2017-07-01

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