An interventional study of Cotton swab and Cannula in Infertility, sponsored by Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Pediatric Research and Training Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to female participants aged 21 Years to 40 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-23.
Sponsored by Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Pediatric Research and Training Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
To assess the impact of cervical mucus cleansing before embryo transfer and compare two different instruments for this purpose.
All patients will be informed about the study and those who give written consent will be included in the study.
Women undergoing good quality embryo transfer will be assigned to one of the 3 arms of the study according to the previously determined randomization chart. The first evaluation of the patient will be made on the 12th day after embryo transfer. Pregnancy status will be evaluated with serum βhcg value. If pregnancy is confirmed by serum βhcg value, fetal viability will be evaluated by ultrasound 4 weeks after transfer.
2,085 studies on the registry are indexed under Infertility; 357 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 183 is above the median of 135 across 1,412 interventional studies indexed under Infertility.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Cervical mucus will be removed with cotton swab before embryo transfer
Procedure: Cotton swab
Cervical mucus will be removed with cannula before embryo transfer
Procedure: Cannula
Cervical mucus will not be removed prior to embryo transfer
Removal of the cervical mucus with a cotton swab before embryo transfer.
Removal of the cervical mucus with a cannula before embryo transfer.
Detecting pregnancy after embryo transfer.
Confirmation of pregnancy with serum βhcg value at the earliest 12th day after embryo transfer.
Time frame: 12 days after embryo transfer/ intervention.
Confirmation of fetal cardiac activity in detected pregnancy.
Evaluation of fetal cardiac activity on ultrasound.
Time frame: 3-4 weeks after embryo transfer/ intervention.
Success of embryo transfer during intervention.
In some cases, the embryo is transferred to the endometrial cavity and comes back with the transfer cannula. For this reason, the embryology laboratory checks the transfer cannula after the transfer. If the embryo is still in the embryo transfer cannula, a second attempt is made for embryo transfer. As a secondary outcome, we will evaluate the success in the first attempt for embryo transfer.
Time frame: 5 minutes after embryo transfer.
Ran from Jun 2021 to primary completion in Jul 2022, 12 months.
Of 385 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Infertility, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 46. This study's 12 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 416 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43.
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