Status:

UNKNOWN

Oocyte Cryopreservation: Evaluation of an Oocyte Freezing and Thawing Technique

Lead Sponsor:

West Coast Fertility Centers

Conditions:

Infertility

Eligibility:

FEMALE

21-45 years

Brief Summary

Over the past several decades, considerable effort has been expended toward the successful cryopreservation of various human cells. While attempts at cryopreservation have been directed at different t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • To be eligible for inclusion into this study, each subject must satisfy the following criteria:
  • Infertile woman wishing to conceive and whose physician has recommended that she undergo IVF.
  • Participants must be aged 21 to 35 years
  • Body mass index (BMI) \< 38.
  • Serum results for cycle day 3 FSH \<10 mIU/ml.
  • Must have male partner whose semen analysis meets the clinic criteria for ICSI. Use of donor sperm is also acceptable.
  • Be willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study.
  • Have voluntarily provided written informed consent under WIRB, prior to any study-related procedure that is not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that the subjects may withdraw consent before they start Lupron without prejudice to their future medical care.

Exclusion

  • A patient may NOT be entered into the study if she presents with ANY of the following criteria:
  • Clinically significant systemic disease.
  • Known endometriosis Grade III - IV (ASRM classification).
  • Any previous cycle indicating a low response to gonadotropin stimulation (defined as retrieval of \< 10 eggs at retrieval)
  • Three or more previous ART cycles without a clinical pregnancy
  • Abnormal, undiagnosed, gynecological bleeding.
  • Previous ovarian surgery
  • Known allergy or hypersensitivity to recombinant gonadotropin preparations or any other study-related medications.
  • Known current substance abuse.
  • Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial.
  • Current smoker.
  • An extrauterine pregnancy within the last 3 months before OCP treatment commences.
  • Previous participation in similar study at different centers.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00713869

Start Date

April 1 2006

End Date

April 1 2011

Last Update

January 6 2011

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West Coast Fertility Centers

Fountain Valley, California, United States, 92708