A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Fertilizations With Immotile Sperm After Pentoxyphylline Activation Alone, or With Chemical Oocyte Activation
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Infertility
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Clinical pregnancy
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Immotile sperm is a rather frequent problem encountered in IVF patients. Treatment is usually based on inducing motility with pentoxyphylline (PXN) followed by ICSI. However, fertilization rate with this method is still lower compared with ICSI using motile sperm. One of the reasons for that is the immotile sperm inability to activate the oocyte Our research hypothesis is that better fertilization rate can be accomplished in these cases by combining PXN sperm activation with Ca ionophore oocyte activation.
Investigators
Shahar Kol MD
Durector, IVF Unit
Rambam Health Care Campus
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Women up to 35 years of age
- •immotile sperm
- •At least 6 mature eggs
Exclusion Criteria
- •globozoospermia
- •"Freeze all" cycles because of OHSS risk.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Clinical pregnancy
Time Frame: One month post oocyte retrieval
Demonstration of fetal heart activity 1 month post oocyte retrieval.
Secondary Outcomes
- Fertilization rate(One day post oocyte retrieval)