Randomized Prospective Trial on the Use of Laser Assisted Hatching (LAH) for Transfer of Frozen/Thawed Embryos in Human IVF/ICSI

University Hospital, Ghent293 enrolled

Overview

At the time of transfer of frozen/thawed embryos in human IVF/ICSI, patients are randomized between study and control group.In the control group no additional intervention takes place on the embryos to be transferred,in the study group, embryos for transfer are subjected to laser assisted hatching(LAH) following the standard procedure.The LAH procedure lasts two minutes per embryo.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

293

Conditions

IVF ICSI

Interventions

laser assisted hatchingPROCEDURE

Embryos for transfer are subjected to laser assisted hatching(LAH) following the standard procedure.The LAH procedure lasts two minutes per embryo

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old and above * Female Exclusion Criteria: * No exclusion criteria, except not possible to give informed consent

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

clinical implantation per transferred embryo

Time frame: fourteen days after transfer

Secondary Outcomes

clinical pregnancy and birth per transfer

Time frame: resp. 12 weeks and 38 weeks after transfer

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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