Embryo Developmental Capacity After Egg Banking in an Ovum Donation Program

April 21, 2015 updated by: Carlos Simon, Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, IVI VALENCIA

For an efficient "egg banking" system, an equally efficient cryopreservation strategy that ensures the viability of the oocytes is required. Very recently, improved and new methods are yielding satisfactory results. In particular, vitrification is providing excellent results for both survival and clinical outcomes. However, to evaluate the over all out come there are other parameters to be considered. In this sense, capacity development of embryos generated after oocyte vitrification is a major factor when assessing the viability of vitrified oocytes. Accordingly, the evaluation of the capacity of vitrified oocytes to reach the blastocyst stage will be highly valuable to fully assess the effectiveness of the "egg banking" and its contribution to ovum donation programs.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the developmental capacity of vitrified oocytes by their ability to reach the blastocyst stage. The study includes oocyte donation cycles conducted with vitrified versus fresh oocytes.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

625

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Locations

  • Spain
      • Valencia, Spain, 46015
        • IVI Valencia

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

18 years to 35 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-35 year old
  • Normal response (8-15 follicles) to long protocol of ovarian stimulation with hCG
  • Donors with normal menstrual cycles (21-35 day duration)
  • Donors with BMI between 18-25 Kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Donors with two or more previous miscarriages
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome
  • Donors with antecedents of poor embrionary quality not attributed to masculine factor
  • Donors with drop of estradiol of more than 10% or estradiol plateau.
  • Donors with a high response>20 oocytes and or levels above 3000pg/ml of estradiol the day of the administration of chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG)

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

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: fresh
Embryo transfer with fresh oocytes
Other: IVF
Experimental: Frozen
Embryo transfer with vitrified oocytes
Other: Oocyte Vitrification

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Mean outcome measures will be survival, fertilization and blastocyst rates and clinical outcome.
Time Frame: 10 months
10 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, IVI VALENCIA

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

September 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 15, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 22, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 21, 2015

Last Verified

April 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 0901-F-054-CS

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