Trial name or title |
Study comparing outcomes between conventional IVF and a "freeze‐all"‐strategy in assisted reproductive technology |
Methods |
RCT Estimated enrolment: 424 |
Participants |
Women aged 18 to 39 Inclusion criteria:
AMH > 6.28 pmol/L (Roche Elecsys assay)
Female age 18 years to less than 40 years
1, 2, or 3 IVF/ICSI cycle with oocyte aspiration
Regular menstrual cycle between 24 and 35 days
BMI between 18 and 35
2 ovaries
Can and will sign informed consent
Exclusion criteria:
Endometriosis stage III to IV
Ovarian cysts with diameter > 30 mm at day of start of stimulation
Submucosal fibroids
Women with severe comorbidity (IDDM, NIDDM, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, liver, or kidney disease)
Dysregulation of thyroid disease
Not Danish or English speaking
Contraindications or allergies to use of gonadotropins or GnRH antagonists
TESA
Oocyte donation
Previous inclusion in the study
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Interventions |
Freeze‐all: transfer of a frozen‐thawed blastocyst in a subsequent natural menstrual cycle Fresh embryo transfer: standard procedure |
Outcomes |
Cumulative live birth: measured after 1 stimulated cycle with oocyte retrieval and after use of all frozen blastocysts or after at least 1 year of follow‐up
Time to pregnancy: from start of ovarian stimulation to positive hCG
Ongoing pregnancy per transfer of the first blastocyst, per oocyte pick‐up, per start of ovarian stimulation, and per randomised woman
Live birth after the first blastocyst transfer calculated per randomised woman, per started ovarian stimulation, per oocyte pick‐up, and per transfer
Preterm birth
Low birth weight
Small for gestational age
Large for gestational age
Perinatal mortality
Pre‐eclampsia
Placental rupture
Miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies
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Starting date |
May 2016 |
Contact information |
Sacha Stormlund: sacha.stormlund.01@regionh.dk Anja Pinborg: anja.bisgaard.pinborg@regionh.dk |
Notes |
clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT02746562 |