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. 2017 Jul 28;2017(7):CD007807. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007807.pub3
Trial name or title Improving oocyte retrieval using a combined therapy of recombinant follicle‐stimulating hormone (rFSH) and inositol and melatonin
Methods Randomised double‐blinded (participant, investigator) controlled trial.
Participants Women 18 ‐ 39 years undergoing assisted reproductive techniques (ART) because of male infertility
BMI 18 ‐ 30 kg/m2
Fewer than 3 prior oocyte retrievals
No fertility problems
Interventions Recombinant FSH: 225 IU rFSH
Drug: recombinant FSH (rFSH) 225 IU
Experimental: recombinant FSH inositol melatonin
225 IU rFSH, 4 g inositol and 3 mg melatonin dietary supplement: rFSH + inositol + melatonin
225 IU rFSH, 4 g inositol, 3 mg melatonin
Outcomes Primary: total number of oocytes, number of clinical pregnancies, live birth rate
Starting date December 2010
Contact information Vittorio Unfer, MD
+39 0640500835
vunfer@gmail.com
Gianfranco Carlomagno, PhD
gianfranco.carlomagno@gmail.com
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Recruiting
Reggio Emilia, Italy, 42100 
Contact: Giovanni Battista La Sala, MD    
+39 0522 296464    
giovanni.lasala@asmn.re.it     
Principal investigator: Giovanni Battista La Sala, MD             
Research Center for Reproductive Medicine Villa Mafalda Recruiting
Roma, Italy, 00199 
Notes May not become an included study because all women are fertile, but they have subfertile male partners
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01267604.
Recruiting.
Trial found on clinicaltrials.gov on 7th August 2012