Patients Perspectives on Discontinuation of Their Fertility Treatment Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic...
CoronavirusCOVID2 moreThe COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to our nationwide healthcare system, with rapid escalation of the number of affected individuals over a handful of weeks. From March 13, a first set of measures was taken to minimise the spread of the virus, which largely impacted societal and economical daily life. A view days later, on March 17, the country was put in "lockdown" and all non-urgent medical treatments were cancelled or postponed. As recommended by the major scientific fertility societies, all non-ivf fertility treatments were discontinued abruptly, whereas started ivf stimulations were continued until oocyte aspiration, where after a freeze-all strategy was applied. There is little information available for women aiming for pregnancy or embarking on assisted conception. Given the modelling of the pandemic, including the time to peak and subsequent tail, considerable delays in conception to substantially attenuate risk may be required, which will inevitably impact patients wellbeing and overall success rates. A questionnaire was developed to explore patients perspectives on different aspects of their fertility treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire contains the following sections: demographic variables; questions regarding the fertility history of the respondent; questions regarding the impact of fertility treatment cancellation / postponing fertility treatment during COVID-19 on their life, psychological wellbeing and relationship; questions regarding continuing medical treatment on their own, or seeking treatment elsewhere; questions regarding the satisfaction of measures taken by their fertility center regarding the COVID-19 pandemic; questions regarding expectations of further treatments, with focus on safety issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible patients will be selected electronically from our database and digital agenda. After selection, patients will be contacted via email to participate. Two reminders will be send in case the questionnaire is not filled out: a first reminder after one week, a second reminder after two weeks.
Self-controlled Study Between 4-hour and 24-hour Delayed Radiographs in HSG Using OSCM
InfertilityBackground of the study: Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is widely used for the female infertility workup. Many studies have demonstrated that the use of oil-soluble contrast medium (OSCM) ethiodized oil for HSG surgery can improve pregnancy rates. However,The 24-hour delayed radiographs of OSCM HSG also brought some inconvenience to the patients , for example, patients need to make two trips to the hospital. Objective of the study: The purpose of this study was to compare OSCM HSGs using 4-hour and 24-hour delayed radiographs in terms of diagnosing tubal patency and identifying the presence of pelvic adhesions. Study design: Prospective, open label, self - controlled study Study population: Infertile patients scheduled for an OSCM HSG
Observational Study to Develop Dosing Chart
Infertile Women Undergoing IVF or ICSITo confirm the predictors based on patient specific characteristics and ovarian response and develop dosing chart when Follitrope™ PFS is administered to infertility women patients.
Prospective Study of an Human Endometrial Receptivity Test
InfertileEvaluation of endometrial receptivity is a crucial step in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) programs. Using "Omic technologies", such as transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, the investigators previously identified a specific molecular signature of human endometrial receptivity during the embryo implantation window. After validation of this signature in fertile women and in an ex vivo model (i.e., stromal and epithelial endometrium cells),the investigatorsdeveloped a diagnostic tool called Win-Test (Window Implantation Test) to evaluate the expression level of a set of endometrial receptivity-specific genes during the implantation window by quantitative RT-PCR. Based on their expression, each endometrial biopsy sample can be classified as receptive, partially receptive or non-receptive. Then, after the identification of the right cycle day within the implantation window where endometrium is considered as receptive, a customized timing for embryo transfer with respect of the synchronization of the embryo-maternal dialogue must be performed. A prospective study to validate the relevance of the Win-Test, is a necessary step to gauge its effectiveness. In this objective, patients with multiple implantation failures will be recruited. Embryo transfers were performed in double-arm: the intervention group had a customized timing of embryo transfer according to the Win-Test strategy and recommendation, the control group had their embryos transferred in a classical timing. Pregnancy and live birth rates (LBR) were compared between groups.
Debate on Progesterone Elevation on the Day of Triggering
ProgesteroneART2 moreThe association between serum progesterone (P) levels, measured on the day of ovulation trigger, and the outcome of in vitro fertilization cycles, has been one of the major controversies in the field of ovarian stimulation endocrinology. This is a single-center retrospective cohort study. Study duration period is from January 2012 to December 2016. All fresh embryo transfer (ET) both at cleavage stage and blastocyst stage, performed in Humanitas Fertility Center during the study period, were included.
MEDAM (Menopur Retrospective Data prograM)
InfertilityFemaleFrench, non-interventional, retrospective, multicentric analysis of patients who have undergone a controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) for in-vitro fertilization (IVF)/ intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The main objective is to determine the cumulative live birth rate with highly purified menotropin (HP-hMG) which is defined as the occurrence of live birth per started COS, further to transfer of fresh and frozen embryos generated from the same COS.
Effect of Clomiphene Citrate on Uterine Blood Fow in Women With Unexplained Delayed Conception
InfertilityFemaleIn a prospective observational study at a university teaching hospital, blood flow indices and serum hormone levels were compared between spontaneous and stimulated cycles in the same group of 50 patients with unexplained delayed conception.
Oocyte Vitrification Aided With Latrunculin A
InfertilityUsing cytoskeleton Stabilizer the Latrunculin A would improve the outcome of oocyte vitrification
Handling Medium for ICSI With Ionomycin and Latrunculin A
InfertilityUsing Latrunculin A and Ionomycin would improve the outcome of ICSI if the handling medium during the ICSI procedure has them.
Supplementing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Handling Medium With Latrunculin A (ICSI-LA)
InfertilityVienna Consensus has identified 10% damage rate after ICSI as a competency value. Despite the highest quality embryologists doing ICSI, degeneration sometimes occurs due to oocyte factors such as the fragile membrane, etc. Latrunculin A serves to facilitate spindle or pronuclear transfer procedures helping to reduce the damage rate with no harm reported. Using Latrunculin A during ICSI could serve to rescue some oocytes from the degeneration allowing for more chances of viable zygotes,