Table 3.
Study | Outcome measure |
Study population (number of embryos) |
Day of transfer | Technology | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hardarson et al (2012)22 | Pregnancy rate | 327 | 2 and 5 | NIR | No significant improvement of pregnancy rates. |
Vergouw et al (2012)23 | Live birth rate | 417 | 3 | NIR | No significant improvement of live birth rates. |
Sfontouris et al (2011)67 | Implantation rate | 125 | 2, 3, and 5 | NIR | Increased implantation rates following embryo selection based on noninvasive metabolomic analysis. |
Abbreviations: NIR, near infrared; RCT, randomized controlled trials.