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Intrauterine Administration of Autologous hCG-activated Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Improves Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Recurrent Implantation Failure; a Double-blind Randomized Control Trial Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Peripheral Blood Monouclear Cell and Phosphate Baffer Saline for Recurrent Implantation Failure. Completed, enrolled 100 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Despite the many research done in the field of infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF), more than half of the embryos transmitted in the IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) do not implant successfully. Currently, pregnancy failure following at least three IVF/ET cycle, so that one or two high-quality embryos transmitted in each cycle is defined as recurrent implantation failure (RIF). Maternal and fetal factors can be a reason for implantation failure; maternal factors include endometrial receptivity, uterine anatomic abnormalities, and immunologic factors. Implantation failure with embryonic reasons includes genetic abnormalities and any factor that affects the implantation and growth of the embryo within the uterus. In recent years, the involvement of immune-related factors mainly natural killer cells (NK), dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages (MQ), regulatory T cells (Treg) and Th-1, in the endometrial differentiation and development and endometrial receptivity, as well as induction of immunological tolerance to the fetus, have been reported.
Study Details
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Blood samples (20 mL) were taken from individual patients at the time of ovulation induction. Then PBMC were isolated and cultured (20-30 million cells) 48 hour at the presence of hCG (10IU/ml daily). Afterward,15-20 million PBMCs in 500 microlitres PBS were injected into the uterine cavity two days before embryo transfer (ET) using ET catheter.
Only 500 microlitres PBS will be injected into the uterine cavity, instead of PBMCs, two days before embryo transfer (ET) using ET catheter.