Clinical trials: Embryo Culture
Embryo Culture
A Prospective Study Comparing the Outcomes of Single Versus Group Culture in Preimplantation Genetic Testing Cycles
The aim of this study is to analyze whether there is difference in the effect of single embryo culture and group culture in preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) cycle, and provide reference for the feasibility of the clinical…
- Trial name
- NCT03464643
- Testing
- embryo culture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 236 people
- Sponsor
- Reproductive & Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya
Infertility
Adding Cytokines to In Vitro Human Culture Media to Improve Embryogenesis and Implantation
Assessment of the embryological benefit of in vitro adding of Cytokines (LIF 5ng/ml, HB-EGF 5ng/ml and GM-CSF 2n/ml) to the culture media and closely monitor its effect on embryogenesis and implantation outcomes.
- Trial name
- GHLCSHED (NCT02420886)
- Testing
- Adding LIF, HB-EGF and GM-CSF to Lifeglobal human IVF culture media
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 443 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ibn Sina Hospital
Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Cryopreserved Pre-embryo Transfer in a Cytokine-rich Medium Versus Hyaluronic Acid
This multicenter, randomized, double-blind study compares a GM-CSF-enriched embryo transfer medium with a hyaluronic acid-enriched medium in women undergoing single frozen embryo transfer.
- Trial name
- CSF-EG (NCT07869576)
- Testing
- Cytokine-rich embryo transfer medium, Hyaluronic acid-enriched embryo transfer medium
- Volunteers
- 610 people
- Sponsor
- Vida Recoletas Sevilla
Infertility, Pregnancy Rate, Live Birth
Live Births With Low Oxygen Blastocyst Culture
The potentially damaging effect of free O2 radicals to cultured embryos may be reduced by adding scavengers to the culture media or by reducing the incubator O2 levels.
- Conditions
- Infertility, Pregnancy Rate, Live Birth, In Vitro Fertilization
- Trial name
- Oxygen (NCT00708487)
- Testing
- Embryo incubator oxygen concentration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Health Resources
Infertility
Effects of Embryogen in RIF Patients
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential effects of Granulocyte-Macrophage Stimulating-Colony Factor (GM-CSF) supplementation in embryo culture for patients with repeated implantation failure (RIF)
- Trial name
- RIF (NCT02250768)
- Testing
- GM-CSF
- Where
- 2 sites in Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vietnam National University
In Vitro Fertilization, Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Optimizing IVF Treatment - the Impact of Time-lapse Culture and Preimplantation Factor (PIF) on Embryo Development.
The aims of this study are to evaluate: 1. the possible effect of time-lapse culture from day zero (day of oocyte retrieval) on fertilisation rates and embryo quality in standard IVF. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT02222831
- Testing
- Day 0 denudation and time lapse culture on IVF-oocytes.
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Regionshospitalet Viborg, Skive
Embryonic Development, Infertility
Culture Media Microdroplet Geometry With Different Oil Overlay and Its Effect on Embryonic Development.
A prospective randomized study included 1695 MII sibling oocytes collected from 100 patients undergoing ICSI.
- Trial name
- NCT04485806
- Testing
- GPS/LM, SPL/LM, GPS/PO
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Ganin Fertility Center
Infertility
Comparative Study of Two Embryo Culture Systems
The centre for Medically-Assisted Procreation (MAP) of Dijon CHU has two high-technology embryo culture systems, with incubation characteristics that are potentially superior to those provided by classical culture systems.
- Trial name
- INCUBATE (NCT02722252)
- Testing
- Embryoscope, Embryo culture system without incorporated camera
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 388 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Infertility
Efficacy Study of Granulocyte-macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) for Use in Human IVF
This study is to assess whether addition of 2 ng/ml GM-CSF into a specific culture medium will increase the chance of a pregnancy after in vitro fertilisation.
- Trial name
- GM-CSF (NCT00565747)
- Testing
- Test culture, Control culture
- Where
- 14 sites in Denmark, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,332 people
- Sponsor
- Origio A/S
Infertility, Embryo Development
Use of G-CSF Supplemented IVF Medium in Patients Undergoing IVF
The purpose of this study is to determine whether in Assisted Reproductive Technologies the use of culture medium supplemented with G-CSF, a growth factor working on stem cells, may improve the embryo implantation and pregnancy…
- Conditions
- Infertility, Embryo Development, IVF
- Trial name
- NCT02651285
- Testing
- G-CSF medium, Control
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Italy
Fertility
The Influence of Different Concentrations of Glucose in Culture Media on Fertilization and Embryo Quality
The aim of this study is to examine whether incubation of human oocytes until pronuclear stage, in different culture media containing high and low concentrations of glucose affect fertilization differently, not only in standard…
- Trial name
- NCT00606073
- Testing
- Universal IVF Medium + ISM1 Medium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Infertility (IVF Patients)
Study of Abnormally Fertilized Embryos
The goal of this observational study is to determine the diploidy rate of haploid and triploid embryos from in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles.
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT06940973)
- Testing
- Parental samples, PGT-A, TE rebiopsies and spent blastocyst media collection
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Igenomix
Infertility
Comparison of Single vs Group Embryo Culture in Micro-well Group Culture Dish
Does group culture using micro-well group culture dishes improve human blastocyst development compared to single embryo culture?
- Trial name
- NCT02050516
- Testing
- micro-well group culture dish
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elif Güler Ergin
Infertility, Genetic Diseases
Time-Lapse Incubation for Embryo Culture - Morphokinetics and Environmental Stability
Embryo culture and selection has been a continuous challenge in evolution since the birth of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Traditionally, embryo quality and its presumed suitability for transfer were assessed based on morphologic…
- Trial name
- NCT02657811
- Testing
- Miri, Benchtop Multi-room incubator, Miri TL, Time-Lapse incubator
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 372 people
- Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Culture Media, Blastocyst
Comparisons of Human Embryonic Development Using Single Medium With and Without the Addition of Antioxidants
Aim: To investigate the impact of antioxidants (acetyl-L-carnitine, N-acetyl-L-cysteine and a-lipoic acid) on embryo development and subsequently the clinical outcome.
- Conditions
- Culture Media, Blastocyst, Antioxidants, Embryo
- Trial name
- NCT02971878
- Testing
- Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC), N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and α-lipoic acid (ALA)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Fertilitetscentrum AB
Culture Media, DNA
Cell-free DNA: a Non-invasive Test for Assessing Embryo Quality
In the present project we propose to deeply characterize nuclear and/or mitochondrial DNA in embryo culture medium, in order to investigate whether both cell-free nucleic acid types may provide additional, reliable, predictive…
- Trial name
- NCT01397136
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
Reproductive Issues, Subfertility
A Novel Integrative Non-invasive Embryo Selection Approach for IVF Based on MK-RS Analysis
During assisted reproductive technology treatment, embryo selection is an important process that may affect the clinical pregnancy rate.
- Conditions
- Reproductive Issues, Subfertility, IVF
- Trial name
- NCT05896709
- Testing
- MK-RS
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Embryo Culture
Evaluating the Influence of 3D Culture Dish Design on Preimplantation Genetic Development in Sibling Oocytes: a Randomized Trial
Evaluating the Influence of 3D Culture Dish Design on Preimplantation Genetic Development in Sibling Oocytes: A Randomized Trial
- Trial name
- NCT06850909
- Testing
- Microdrop GPS dish, 16 well BIRR dish
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Ganin Fertility Center
Infertility
Comparison Of The Embryoscope Time-Lapse System With Standard Embryo Culture
"Embryoscopes," allow for embryo culture to be performed in an automated incubation system under time lapse photography. Manufacturers of these systems (and investigators who have used these systems) claim that the availability…
- Trial name
- NCT02246309
- Testing
- Embryoscope Time Lapse System, Standard Embryo Culture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Human Reproduction
Infertility, Implantation Failure
ISM1 Versus EmbrioGen Media for Embryo Culture With Previous Failure Implantation in ART Treatments
Recently, it has been suggested that culture of embryos in EmbryoGen medium can increase the live birth rate in IVF patients with a previous history of pregnancy loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01689454
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Biogenesi