Active clinical trials for "Aneuploidy"

The goal of our research is to increase live birth rates in infertile women and to reduce the incidence of aneuploidy leading to miscarriage and trisomies. We hypothesize that an age related mitochondrial dysfunction reduces the availability of energy in the oocyte and contributes to abnormal segregation of chromosomes during the meiotic division leading to oocyte aneuploidy. Based on preliminary evidence we have obtained in aged mice, we propose that dietary supplementation with Co enzyme Q10 in older women will improve mitochondrial function in the oocytes, leading to a decrease in chromosomal non-disjunction and resulting in embryos with a normal chromosomal complement. Our primary outcome measure will be determination of oocyte chromosome number by multiplex PCR based assay of polar bodies biopsied at the time of IVF. Outcomes of this proposal will enable us to address the mechanisms of ovarian aging and may explain etiology of decreased fertility in older patients. In addition, our work will add to the feasibility of single embryo transfer, thereby avoiding multiple pregnancies and their associated cost to the health care system and to society.

Our working hypothesis is that patients undergoing "in vitro" fertilization (IVF) with higher response to ovarian stimulation protocols recover a higher number of oocytes and, this elevated response could be translated into increased incidence of chromosomally abnormal embryos. Our objective is to develop a prospective study on healthy young donors, with a previous cycle with high ovarian response (>20 oocytes and/or E2 levels the day of the hCG injection >3000 pg/mL), but without developing mild or severe hyperstimulation syndrome. After signing a proper written consent, these donors would agree to undergo two subsequent stimulation cycles following two different protocols. In one cycle the stimulation pattern would be similar to the previous one, with elevated response and, in another cycle the amount of gonadotropins would be cut down in order to obtain lower ovarian response. Oocytes obtained in each cycle would be donated to anonymous recipients and after fertilization, embryo quality and chromosomal status of the resulting embryos would be evaluated. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) will be performed on day-3 embryos and chromosomes 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, X and Y would be analyzed by fluorescence "in situ" hybridization (FISH).

The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effect of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) by next generation sequencing (NGS) compared to standard morphological assessment of embryos on pregnancy rates through a randomized controlled trial (RCT). All embryos will be vitrified and a single embryo transfer (SET) will be performed with either screened or unscreened embryos depending on randomization.

People with infertility undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) can test the embryos using a method called preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) before they are implanted in the uterus to possibly increase their chances of having a successful pregnancy. One or more cells are removed from the embryo. The chromosomes inside the cells are then tested to identify normal or aneuploid embryo(s). The investigators propose to evaluate a test called micro array analysis on the chromosomes of the first polar body. This method tests part of the egg that would normally be lost and may help us choose the embryo most likely to become a healthy baby.

A pragmatic, multicentre, randomized double-blind controlled trial with an intention-to-treat analysis, of the use of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for aneuploidy by means of microarray comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) for the chromosomal analysis of the polar bodies (PB) of oocytes collected after ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization (IVF), and with the intention to assess the genetic competence of oocytes of advanced biological age, and the effect of this technique on reproductive outcome.

There is a considerable concern about the effects of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) for In Vitro Fertilization- Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) on embryo quality and on the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in oocytes and embryos. The main question remaining is if COH may increase the aneuploidies rate in young and healthy women. Therefore, the primary endpoint of the present study is to analyse the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in this group of patients (oocyte donors), either in oocytes obtained after a natural cycle or in those retrieved after a COH cycle. To get rid of the male factor influence, donated sperm will be used.

This is a randomized controlled trial of a low income and low health literacy population of pregnant women from a diverse racial and ethnic background to assess the effectiveness of a pre-visit educational video on prenatal genetic screening and testing options.

The investigators aim to assess whether use of a novel, tablet-based computerized decision aid for aneuploidy screening is similar to routine care with a brief genetic counseling visit in improving patient knowledge and decreasing decisional conflict.

A single centre randomised controlled trial investigating the influence of a novel prematuration system (PMS) using a phosphodiesterase-3 inhibitor for in-vitro maturation of oocytes

In this study, investigators assess, using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH) and Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) arrays for Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS), the incidence of aneuploidies in spermatozoa and embryos from infertile men with and without microdeletions who undergo assisted reproduction in their clinics.