NCT03913208

Priority to Cryopreservation Strategy (PCS) in IVF-ICSI Cycles

Priority to Cryopreservation Strategy (PCS) in IVF-ICSI Cycles is it Going to Make the Difference?

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tanta University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This multicentre randomized controlled trial will be done to evaluate a new strategy in IVF-ICSI practice that gives that priority to freeze for the embryos and goes to fresh embryo transfer only if at least one set of same quality embryos is available for cryopreservation.

Detailed description

This study will be a non-blind, prospective, double-armed, randomized clinical trial. The study will be conducted at five centers, the Educational Hospital Fertility Unit of Tanta University, the fertility center of Cairo University, the fertility center of Assiut University, the Egyptian Consultants Fertility Center in Tanta, and MRC fertility center in Cairo from May 1st 2019 till the end of the objected number. The study will be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and all participants should sign a written informed consent before inclusion in the study.

Conditions

• Infertility
• IVF
• ICSI
• Cryopreservation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Priority to freeze	Priority for cryopreservation and later on embryo transfer in artificial cycle with endometrium preparation by the exogenous administration of estrogen-progesterone.
PROCEDURE	Fresh embryo transfer	usual strategy of giving the priority for fresh embryo transfer

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2019-04-12
• Last updated: 2023-07-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt