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. 2021 Mar 18;2021(3):CD011424. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011424.pub3

PACTR201604001405465.

Study name Public title: Role of endometrial scratch in unexplained infertility (RESCUE): a randomized clinical trial
Scientific title: Randomized controlled trial of endometrial Injury in unexplained infertility
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • Female 18 to 35 years of age

  • Duration of subfertility < 3 years

  • Unexplained infertility (confirmed with semen analysis, basic hormonal profile, pelvic ultrasound and diagnostic laparoscopy, and dye test)

  • No history of previous assisted reproductive technology (ART)


Exclusion criteria:
  • Infertility due to male, tubal, anovulatory factors

  • Presence of endometrial pathology as polyp or submucous fibroids

  • Abnormal genital tract bleeding

  • Any of the inclusion criteria is not fulfilled

Interventions Intervention group: endometrial scratch during diagnostic laparoscopy for infertility with a sharp curette and once again at 3 months' follow‐up with a pipelle in the outpatient clinic
Control group: sham endometrial scratch "with use of pipelle of endocervical canal", also twice
Outcomes Cumulative pregnancy rate, time to pregnancy, clinical pregnancy, miscarriage rate, complications
Starting date March 2016
Contact information Mohammed Khairy; mkhairymaklad1973@yahoo.co.uk; 0020862366446
Notes PACTR201604001405465
Trial completed; submission of manuscript expected soon (confirmed by author correspondence in June 2020)

AMH: anti‐Müllerian hormone; ART: assisted reproductive technology; BMI: body mass index; CAT: Chlamydia antibody titre; FSH: follicle‐stimulating hormone; hMG: human menopausal gonadotropin; HSG: hysterosalpingogram or hysterosalpingography; IUI: intrauterine insemination; IVF: in vitro fertilisation; LH: luteinising hormone; OI: ovulation induction; OS: ovarian stimulation; TB: tuberculosis; TSH: thyroid‐stimulating hormone; VAS: visual analogue scale; WHO: World Health Organization.