Live birth after fresh embryo transfer vs elective embryo cryopreservation/frozen embryo transfer in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing IVF (FreFro-PCOS): study protocol for a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial

Yuhua Shi, Daimin Wei, Xiaoyan Liang, Yun Sun, Jiayin Liu, Yunxia Cao, Bo Zhang, Richard S Legro, Heping Zhang, Zi-Jiang Chen, Yuhua Shi, Daimin Wei, Xiaoyan Liang, Yun Sun, Jiayin Liu, Yunxia Cao, Bo Zhang, Richard S Legro, Heping Zhang, Zi-Jiang Chen

Abstract

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients are at increased risk of pregnancy complications, which may impair pregnancy outcome. Transfer of fresh embryos after superovulation may lead to abnormal implantation and placentation and further increase risk for pregnancy loss and complications. Some preliminary data suggest that elective embryo cryopreservation followed by frozen-thawed embryo transfer into a hormonally primed endometrium could result in a higher clinical pregnancy rate than that achieved by fresh embryo transfer.

Methods/design: This study is a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial (1:1 treatment ratio of fresh vs. elective frozen embryo transfers).. A total of 1,180 infertile PCOS patients undergoing the first cycle of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection will be enrolled and randomized into two parallel groups. Participants in group A will undergo fresh embryo transfer on day 3 after oocyte retrieval, and participants in group B will undergo elective embryo cryopreservation after oocyte retrieval and frozen-thawed embryo transfer in programmed cycles. The primary outcome is the live birth rate. Our study is powered at 80 to detect an absolute difference of 10 at the significance level of 0.01 based on a two-sided test.

Discussion: We hypothesize that elective embryo cryopreservation and frozen-thawed embryo transfer will reduce the incidence of pregnancy complications and increase the live birth rate in PCOS patients who need IVF to achieve pregnancy.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01841528.

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