eValuating iDA Selection Ability. The VISA Study.

November 25, 2024 updated by: Vitrolife

Will Embryo Selection Through Use of Artificial Intelligence (iDA) Perform Equally Compared to Day 5 Morphology?

A non-inferiority, prospective parallel group, multi-center, randomized controlled trial to investigate whether selection of a single blastocyst for transfer using the deep learning tool, iDA, results in non-inferior clinical pregnancy rate compared to trained embryologists using standard morphology criteria.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1066

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

    • Greenwich
      • Sydney, Greenwich, Australia, 2065
        • IVFAustralia Greenwich
    • New South Wales
      • Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 2015
        • IVFAustralia Alexandria
      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2145
        • IVFAustralia, Westmead
    • Queensland
      • Benowa, Queensland, Australia, 4217
        • Queensland Fertility Group (QFG)
    • Victoria
      • East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3002
        • Melbourne IVF
      • Aalborg, Denmark, 9000
        • Universitetshospitalet
      • Aarhus, Denmark, 8200
        • Aagaard Fertilitetsklinik
      • Horsens, Denmark, 8700
        • Regionshospitalet
      • Gothenburg, Sweden, 413 46
        • Reproductive medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
      • Gothenburg, Sweden, 412 55
        • Livio Gothenburg
      • Maidenhead, United Kingdom, SL6 4BY
        • Thames Valley Fertility (TFP)
      • Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG10 5QG
        • Nurture Fertility (TFP)
      • Oxford, United Kingdom, OX4 2HW
        • Oxford Fertility (TFP)
      • Southampton, United Kingdom, SO15 5QS
        • Wessex Fertility (TFP)

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Women undergoing IVF or ICSI with controlled ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins and the intention to treat by either transfer of a single fresh embryo on day 5 or in case of a freeze all cycle, the first rewarmed embryo.
  2. Age: Up to and including the 42nd completed birthday on the day of randomization.
  3. Has at least two early blastocysts on day 5.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Treatment involving donated eggs
  2. Intention to perform any form of preimplantation genetic testing
  3. The use of IMSI or polarized light in the ICSI process
  4. The use of assisted hatching prior to randomization
  5. Previous participation in this RCT
  6. Where the cycle is carried out for fertility preservation
  7. If a day 2-4 transfer is planned
  8. Has a reduced likelihood of obtaining two early blastocysts on day 5 as evidenced by either: an AMH level of <3pmol/L or AFC <5 (if available)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Embryo selection by standard morphologic criteria
The embryo for transfer will be selected by the embryologist on the basis of the morphologic appearances on day 5, according to the Gardner criteria using the ranking guideline.
Experimental: Embryo selection by iDA
Time-lapse videos will be analyzed by iDA and the embryo for fresh transfer on day 5 will be prioritized on the strict basis of the embryo with the highest iDA score. For a frozen cycle; the first embryo to be warmed will be the one with the highest iDA score.
A system that studies time lapse images obtained from the embryo culture system, Embryoscope, throughout the development to blastocyst. The system uses data acquired from a sequence of embryo images and has taught itself to identify the embryos with the highest likelihood of implanting and leading to fetal heart-beat detection.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Clinical Pregnancy Rate
Time Frame: After 7-9 weeks of gestation
Ultrasound evidence of an intrauterine pregnancy with a fetal heart observed
After 7-9 weeks of gestation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Live Birth Rate
Time Frame: 9 months
Defined as the number of patients with at least one live birth after 22 completed weeks of gestation. If the exact gestational age is not known then a birth weight of ≥500gr can be used as a cut-off
9 months
Positive hCG Rate Per Randomized Patient
Time Frame: Tested on day 9-13 following embryo transfer
Defined as the number of patients with a positive β-hCG, determined by a hCG measurement from a blood sample or using urinary sticks
Tested on day 9-13 following embryo transfer
Rate of Non-viable Pregnancies
Time Frame: After 7-9 weeks of gestation
Defined as the difference between number of clinical pregnancies (excluding ectopic pregnancies) and number of positive β-hCG pregnancies
After 7-9 weeks of gestation
Ongoing Pregnancy Rate
Time Frame: After 7-9 weeks of gestation
Defined as the number of patients with a viable pregnancy at ≥12 weeks of gestation
After 7-9 weeks of gestation

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Peter Illingworth, A/Prof, Virtus Health, Sydney, Australia

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 20, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 24, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 30, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 9, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

July 21, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

December 2, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 25, 2024

Last Verified

November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1571 - VISA

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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