Comparison Between Three Freezing Protocols to Preserve Human Embryos
NCT ID: NCT00910390
Last Updated: 2016-07-26
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
584 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-04-30
2011-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The freezing technique may involve different media and methods, which lead to different survival and developmental rates after thawing.
Vitrification is a new freezing method, which consists in exposing cells to high concentrations of cryoprotectants and then cooling them ultra-rapidly; this induces an increase in viscosity which favours the formation of a vitreous state without any ice crystals formation. This method contrasts with the slow freezing method (currently employed), which is based on exposure to very low concentrations of cryoprotectants combined with long cooling times and associated with a higher risk of ice crystal formation.
Both methods can reduce cell survival and embryo ability to develop, either by the high concentrations of cryoprotectants in case of vitrification, or by ice crystals formation in case of slow freezing. The advantages of vitrification in embryology may be considerable because embryos seem more sensitive to ice crystal formation than to cyroportectant concentration; consequently, the elimination of office crystal injury may increase their survival chances. Additionally in the case of vitrification, the time required for equilibration and cooling is considerably reduced as well as the need for expensive equipment such as programmable machine is eliminated.
At present, vitrification and slow freezing are used for the cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos at all stages of development. Encouraging results have been obtained with vitrification, but no study has randomly compared in one study, the two protocols and cryoprotectors. The purpose of this clinic randomised study is to compare three treatments: traditional slow freezing method currently employed (control group) and two different commercial vitrification methods (experimental groups) to assess the efficacy that this technique may involve.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Slow Freezing
Standard freezing protocol (slow freezing) of preimplantation embryos
Slow freezing
Embryos at different developmental stages will be frozen using a solution that contains propanediol and sucrose, individually placed in high security straws, cooled with a programmator and stored in liquid nitrogen.
VIT-Irvine
Vitrification with Irvine solution (rapid freezing) of preimplantation embryos
VIT-Irvine
Embryos at different developmental stages will be frozen using the vitrification solution according to the manufacturer's instructions, individually placed in high security vitrification devices and plunged directly in liquid nitrogen for storing.
VIT-Vitrolife
Vitrification (rapid freezing) with Vitrolife solution
Vit-Vitrolife
Embryos at different developmental stages will be frozen using the vitrification solution according to the manufacturer's instructions, individually placed in high security vitrification devices and plunged directly in liquid nitrogen for storing.
Interventions
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Slow freezing
Embryos at different developmental stages will be frozen using a solution that contains propanediol and sucrose, individually placed in high security straws, cooled with a programmator and stored in liquid nitrogen.
VIT-Irvine
Embryos at different developmental stages will be frozen using the vitrification solution according to the manufacturer's instructions, individually placed in high security vitrification devices and plunged directly in liquid nitrogen for storing.
Vit-Vitrolife
Embryos at different developmental stages will be frozen using the vitrification solution according to the manufacturer's instructions, individually placed in high security vitrification devices and plunged directly in liquid nitrogen for storing.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients positive for hepatitis B or C
* Patients positive for HIV
18 Years
43 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Erasme University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Fasano Giovanna
Clinical Embryologist
Principal Investigators
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Anne Delbaere, Ph.D.
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Fertility Clinic, Hospital Erasme
Locations
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IVF laboratory, Hospital Erasme, Route de Lennik 808
Brussels, , Belgium
Countries
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References
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Balaban B, Urman B, Ata B, Isiklar A, Larman MG, Hamilton R, Gardner DK. A randomized controlled study of human Day 3 embryo cryopreservation by slow freezing or vitrification: vitrification is associated with higher survival, metabolism and blastocyst formation. Hum Reprod. 2008 Sep;23(9):1976-82. doi: 10.1093/humrep/den222. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
Desai N, Blackmon H, Szeptycki J, Goldfarb J. Cryoloop vitrification of human day 3 cleavage-stage embryos: post-vitrification development, pregnancy outcomes and live births. Reprod Biomed Online. 2007 Feb;14(2):208-13. doi: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60789-4.
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Other Identifiers
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VITR-1-EMBRYOS
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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