- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05089344
Growth Hormone Pretreatment in Poseidon Type IV Undergoing ICSI Using Minimal Induction Protocol: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Growth hormone)
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Patients are recruited from the attendee of the Infertility clinic and IVF unit in maternity hospital Ain shams university who are eligible for the trial.
Procedure will be done by Prof . Dr Mostafa Fouad . and Lecturer Dr Ebtihal ElTaieb
* Proper history taking, examination and investigations to:
- exclude other causes of infertility.
- Menstrual history: for assessment of oligo- or anovualtion.
- Medical history: .
- Past history: previous infertility treatment attempts or ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
- Obstetric history: for recurrent pregnancy loss.
- Clinical examination, including:
- Arterial blood pressure measurement
- Assessment of hirsutism via modified Ferriman-Gallwey score
- Assessment of alopecia and acne.
- Hormonal profile assessment: basal serum FSH, LH, E2, progesterone, AMH, total serum testosterone, SHBG (for calculation of FAI), DHEA, DHEAS, TSH, prolactin and 24-hour urinary free cortisol (to rule out Cushing's syndrome).
- Semen analysis: to rule out male cause of infertility as teratospermia or azospermia.
- Transvaginal ultrasonography: by the same experienced gynecological sonographer using a Voluson E6 Expert ultrasound machine (General Electric®, Fairfield, CT, USA) for U/S criteria of PCOS, AFC and exclusion any uterine or pelvic pathologies.
- Hysterosalpingography (HSG): to exclude any uterine, tubal or peritoneal abnormalities.
Patients fitting inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomized to either study groups. A computer generated list via MedCalc ® Software, version 13.2.2 will be used, assigning each participant number to either study groups. Assignment will be done by sequentially numbered, otherwise identical, sealed envelopes (SNOSE), each containing a 2-inch by 2-inch paper with a written code designating the assigned group. These papers will be placed in a folded sheet of aluminum foil fitted inside the envelope. Effort will be taken to assure absence of any detectable differences in size or weight between intervention and control envelopes. Envelopes will be chosen to be opaque and lined inside with carbon paper. Envelopes will be opened sequentially only after writing the subject's tracking information on the envelope so that the carbon paper served as an audit trail.
After enrollment each patient randomly pick an envelope carrying a number, so that patients will not be aware of the assignment (single blind technique), then the controlled ovarian stimulation protocol will be applied according to letter enclosed (A or B) guided by the computer based randomization table.
The patients were randomly assigned to one of the two parallel groups:
- Group A: mild stimulation protocol + growth hormone adjuvant
- Group B: Mild stimulation protocol
Study Interventions: Patients in both groups received mild stimulation protocol:
Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocol will be held according to a flexible GnRH antagonist protocol + Clomophine citrate.
Ovarian stimulation will start with a fixed daily dose of 100 mg of Clomiphene citrate daily and recombinant FSH (Gonal-F®) will be started on day 2 of the menstrual cycle at a dose of 150 IU to be adjusted thereafter in a step up fashion every 2 to 4 days according to ovarian response (Kolibianakis et al., 2011).
. For those in the GH group, 8 IU recombinant human GH will be administered starting from Day 14 of the previous cycle Till administration of HCG for ovulation triggering, while those in the control group will receive the same stimulation protocol without the adjuvant GH treatment.
- Follow up TVU/S will be done every other day starting day 6 of stimulation.
- Cetrotide® 0.25 mg will be started when at least one of the following criteria is met: LH >10 IU/L, presence of a follicle with mean diameter >12 mm, and serum E2 level >150 pg/mL and continued until HCG administration.
- When the leading follicle reaches 16 mm, TV U/S will be performed daily till the largest follicle reach a diameter of >18mm. The maximum duration of rFSH stimulation will not be allowed to exceed day 16.
- OOCYTE RETRIEVAL, FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYO TRANSFER
- Ovarian pick up will be done 36 hours after HCG injection, the transducer will be connected to the ultrasound system. The direction of the guide beam will be checked. The puncturing needle will be connected to an aspiration apparatus attached by a fixation ring to the front and rear ends of the vaginal transducer, thereby defining the direction of puncture corresponding to the guide beam on the ultrasound image. Oocytes will be aspirated using the standard aspiration technique using Wallace® 101 catheter (Smiths medical®, Minnesota, USA) using aspiration pressure 90-100mmHg using flushing technique.
To maximize the number of oocytes recovered, follicular aspiration followed by a single 2-mL flush using embryo culture media. After initial aspiration, follicles were flushed and aspirated three times each with 2 mL flushing medium .
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection will be performed on metaphase II oocytes using the direct penetration technique. Fertilization results will be assessed 16 to 19 hours after ICSI. Fertilization will be considered normal by the presence of two pronuclei. Oocyte degeneration was identified by collapse of cytoplamic contents and separation from the zona. Failed fertilization will be defined by the absence of the pronuclei.
- Embryo transfer will be performed on day 3 of ICSI, using ultrasound guidance in the midcorporeal part of the uterine cavity using soft Wallace® transfer catheter (Smiths medical®, Minnesota, USA).
- Luteal phase will be supported by natural progesterone in the form of vaginal suppositories 400 mg twice daily starting from the day of oocyte retrieval till pregnancy test.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Ahmed ElSaed, Master
- Phone Number: 01003704003
- Email: AhmedMohamedElSaed13@gmail.com
Study Locations
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Cairo, Egypt, 11856
- Recruiting
- Ainshams university
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Contact:
- Ahmed ElSaed, Master
- Phone Number: 01003704003
- Email: AhmedMohamedElSaed13@gmail.com
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- -Age group between 35 to 42 years old
- AFC <5
- AMH <1.2 ng/ml
- first IVF trial
Exclusion Criteria:
- - Serious and unstable disease, such as cerebrovascular, liver, and kidney disease "will be unfit for pregnancy".
- History of malignant or border line tumors "will be unfit for pregnancy".
- Endocrine or metabolic disorder "affecting quality of oocyte so affecting results".
- Either one of the couple with chromosomal abnormalities "affecting quality of oocyte so affecting results".
- Male partner with severe oligoasthenozoospermia or with teratozoospermia"affecting quality of embryo to be transfered so affecting results".
- Any contraindications to growth hormone, pregnancy (to be ruled out and documented before GH treatment).
- female patients with causes of infertility other than poor ovarian reserve
- females suffering from congenital or acquired uterine anomalies "will affect results of implantation and pregnancy rates "
- females with focal uterine lesions anomalies "will affect results of implantation and pregnancy rates "
- BMI >30 kg/m2 "affecting quality of oocyte so affecting results".
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: mild stimulation protocol + growth hormone adjuvant
Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocol will be held according to a flexible GnRH antagonist protocol + Clomophine citrate. Ovarian stimulation will start with a fixed daily dose of 100 mg of Clomiphene citrate daily and recombinant FSH (Gonal-F®) will be started on day 2 of the menstrual cycle at a dose of 150 IU to be adjusted thereafter in a step up fashion every 2 to 4 days according to ovarian response . . For those in the GH group, 8 IU recombinant human GH will be administered starting from Day 14 of the previous cycle Till administration of HCG for ovulation triggering |
growth hormone
Clomiphene citrate daily and recombinant FSH (Gonal-F®)
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Mild stimuation protocol
Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocol will be held according to a flexible GnRH antagonist protocol + Clomophine citrate. Ovarian stimulation will start with a fixed daily dose of 100 mg of Clomiphene citrate daily and recombinant FSH (Gonal-F®) will be started on day 2 of the menstrual cycle at a dose of 150 IU to be adjusted thereafter in a step up fashion every 2 to 4 days according to ovarian response . . |
Clomiphene citrate daily and recombinant FSH (Gonal-F®)
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Ongoing pregnancy rate
Time Frame: 20 week of gestation
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pregnancy continuing after 20th week of gestation.
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20 week of gestation
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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- Biochemical pregnancy rate
Time Frame: 2 weeks after embryo transfer
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will be determined by positive pregnancy test performed 2 weeks after embryo transfer
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2 weeks after embryo transfer
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Moustafa Fouad, MD, AinShams Maternity Hospital
- Study Director: Ebtihal ElTaieb, MD, AinShams Maternity Hospital
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Hormone Antagonists
- Estrogen Antagonists
- Reproductive Control Agents
- Fertility Agents, Female
- Fertility Agents
- Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
- Estrogen Receptor Modulators
- Hormones
- Clomiphene
- Enclomiphene
- Zuclomiphene
Other Study ID Numbers
- GH in poor responders
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
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