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Endometrial Injury and in Vitro Fertilization Outcomes

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02153814

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Official title

Pilot Study on the Effect of Endometrial Injury in Patients Undergoing in Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Brief summary

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Infertility affects 1 in 7 couples worldwide. The most successful treatment is in vitro fertilization (IVF), a procedure where a woman's eggs are collected and fertilized with sperm to make embryos, which are then placed in the woman's uterus using a small catheter, a procedure called "embryo transfer." Unfortunately, pregnancy rates from IVF are less than 50%. Recently, several studies have shown dramatically improved pregnancy rates by grazing the innermost lining of the uterus (the endometrium) with a small flexible catheter weeks prior to embryo transfer. These studies were all performed outside the United States (U.S.) in women with multiple failed IVF attempts and did not investigate the mechanisms by which endometrial injury works. This study will be the first to evaluate the effect of endometrial injury on IVF success in all women undergoing IVF, including first IVF cycles, frozen embryo transfers, and donor eggs.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02153814
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
Other
Enrollment
600 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jul 31, 2014
Primary completion
May 31, 2017
Completion
Nov 30, 2018
Last update posted
May 2, 2023

2014 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Chicago Illinois 60611

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