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. 2021 Jun 10;2021(6):CD009517. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009517.pub4

NCT03470298.

Study name Retrieval versus mid‐luteal endometrial scratching (ES) for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Methods RCT
Participants Women having ICSI
Interventions Intervention1: endometrial scratching just after finishing oocyte pick up
Intervention2: endometrial scratching one week before starting controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.
Endometrial scratching performed by Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) size 5 moved from below upwards with suction, scratching anterior uterine wall then posterior then left lateral uterine wall then right lateral uterine wall and lastly funds.
Outcomes Live birth, clinical pregnancy
Starting date 1 January 2017
Contact information None provided
Notes Trial registration status on 03 July 2020: unknown
No contact information provided, unable to contact research team

ART: assisted reproductive technology; FET: frozen embryo transfer;ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection; ; IVF: in vitro fertilisation; RCT: randomised controlled trial; RIF: recurrent implantation failure.