Egg Freezing Pilot Study

University Reproductive Associates10 enrolled

Overview

University Reproductive Associates is conducting a pilot study to study the technique of egg freezing. Your participation in this study will provide us with important information to allow us to offer this technology for women wishing to freeze their eggs before cancer treatments. Your participation will include a standard IVF cycle with your eggs being frozen for a brief period of time and then transferred back to you as usual. You will receive a significant reduction in your IVF cycle cost.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Infertility Egg Freezing

Interventions

Oocyte VitrificationPROCEDURE

All oocytes retrieved will be vitrified (rapidly frozen) after egg retrieval. The oocytes will then be warmed on the same day and fertilized per standard IVF-ICSI. Resulting embryos will be transferred back to the patient as per protocol.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. 10 women between the ages of 18-35 inclusive at time of signing Informed Consent Form. 2. In good general health off of current medications which may confound response to study medications. 3. Desire to seek pregnancy actively during the study period by IVF-ICSI. 4. A normal uterine cavity must have been confirmed by either hydrosonogram or hysteroscopy within two years of entering the study. 5. Ability to use the required medications. 6. Day 3 FSH level \< 12 IU/ml Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current pregnancy 2. Patients with significant anemia (Hemoglobin \< 10 mg/dL). 3. Patients enrolled simultaneously into other investigative studies that would interfere with this research study.

Locations (1)

University Reproductive Associates

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Incidence of Biochemical Pregnancy

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Recovery of viable oocytes

Time frame: 1 year

incidence of fertilization

Time frame: one year

embryo development (how many fertilized eggs undergo development to a more advanced stage)

Time frame: 1 year

clinical pregnancy (fetal pole visible on transvaginal ultrasound) per cycle

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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