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 |