Does luteal estradiol supplementation have a role in long agonist cycles?
- Conditions
- InfertilityReproductive Health and Childbirth - Fertility including in vitro fertilisation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12608000225314
- Lead Sponsor
- Eman Amin Elgindy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 270
Women undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection due to male factor of infertility using pituitary desensitization by GnRH agonist long protocol
Age > 37 years, body mass index (BMI) < 18 or > 29, irregular menstral cycles, women with single ovary, day 3 serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) 9.5 milli international units (mIU)/ml or more, basal antral follicle count 6 or less, 5 or less retreived mature follicles, non availability of good quality embryos and failure to obtain a written consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical pregnancy by assessing clinical pregnancy rate[Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) testing on day 16 and 18 after ET, Ultrasound 3 weeks after +ve hCG testing]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method uteal serum estradiol and progesterone levels by electrochemiluminescence immunoasays[Day of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration (day 0), +7, +10 and +13]