Does endometrial scratching in women with implantation failure after a first IVF/ICSI cycle lead to lower costs due to a reduction in the number of subsequent IVF/ICSI cycles needed to achieve a live birth?
Recruiting
- Conditions
- infertilitysubfertilityIVFICSIendometrial scratchingendometrial injury
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26706
- Lead Sponsor
- MC Utrecht
- Brief Summary
van Hoogenhuijze NE, Torrance HL et al.. Endometrial scratching in women with implantation failure after a first IVF/ICSI cycle; does it lead to a higher live birth rate? The SCRaTCH study: a randomized controlled trial (NTR 5342). BMC Womens Health. 2017 Jul 21;17(1):47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017- 0378-y
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 900
Inclusion Criteria
1.Female age 18-43 years
2. Implantation failure (IF) defined as the absence of a clinical pregnancy occurring after:
Exclusion Criteria
1.History of lower abdominal or pelvic infection
2.Higher chance of intra-abdominal infection due to intestinal surgery (for for instance Crohn’s disease or colitis)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ongoing pregnancy leading to live birth after the fresh ART cycle following<br>randomization. Live birth is defined as the delivery of at least on live foetus after 24 weeks of gestation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method