The effectiveness of intrauterine insemination (IUI) in subfertile couples with an isolated cervical factor: a randomised controlled trial
Completed
- Conditions
- SubfertilityPregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN63217062
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Couples with a cervical factor and otherwise no factors that reduced their fertility i.e. a prognosis for a treatment independent ongoing pregnancy in the next year higher than 30%. A cervical factor was diagnosed by a well-timed, non-progressive post-coital test (PCT) with normal semen parameters.
Exclusion Criteria
All other subfertile couples
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoint was ongoing pregnancy within six months. Ongoing pregnancy was defined as the presence of foetal cardiac activity at transvaginal sonography at a gestational age of at least 12 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary endpoints were total number of clinical pregnancies, miscarriages and multiple pregnancies.