Ultrasound Guided Artificial Insemination
Completed
- Conditions
- Insemination
- Interventions
- Procedure: recombinant FSH
- Registration Number
- NCT00809952
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital de Cruces
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether using ultrasound guidance during intrauterine insemination (IUI) could increase pregnancy rates.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
- The woman's inclusion criteria in our IUI program were at least one patent tube, normal cavity, basal FSH < 10 mU/mL and age under 40 years.
- IUI with husband's sperm (IUI-H) was indicated when, after sperm preparation, at least 5 million motile spermatozoa were recovered; this was performed in 58 cases (79.45%).
- In the remaining 15 cases (20.55%), IUI was performed with donor sperm (IUI-D) either because of azoospermia (n=6) failure to recover spermatozoa during testicular biopsy (n=5) or in women without a male partner (n=4).
Exclusion Criteria
- Previous infertility treatments had been carried out.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Recombinat FSH recombinant FSH -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Human Reproduction Unit
🇪🇸Cruces-Baracaldo, Basque Country, Spain