Fertility
Conditions
Keywords
vitrification, egg freezing, oocyte cryopreservation, female fertility potential, fertility preservation, Fertility preservation, female
Brief summary
The purpose of this investigation is to offer the opportunity for young women to cryopreserve (freeze) their oocytes (eggs) for use with IVF at a later point in time.
Interventions
PROCEDUREvitrification of oocytes
eggs will be preserved via vitrification the day they are retrieved from the participant
Sponsors
Northwell Health
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 42 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* women between the ages of 18 and 42 * election to preserve fertility by freezing eggs
Exclusion criteria
* women over the age of 43 * patient unwilling to sign informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Successful pregnancy | until the patient reaches 50 years of age | Eggs will be frozen via vitrification for those females electing to preserve their fertility; patients will return following an unspecified time period, when they are ready to use their frozen eggs. At that time, the eggs will be thawed and fertilized (with the sperm source of the participant's choice) to create embryos. This time frame will be unique to each individual; however, the Center has a policy whereby no embryo transfer will be performed beyond the age of fifty (50). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| oocyte survival | up to 50 years of age | the number of eggs that successfully survive the frozen-thawing procedure (vitrification). |
| fertilization | up to 50 years of age | to calculate the rate for the number of oocytes that are successfully fertilized (via ICSI) following survival of the frozen-thaw procedure. |
| blastocyst formation | up to 50 years of age | calculates the number of successfully fertilized embryos that grow into blastocysts (day 5 of culture), created from eggs that underwent and survived vitrification. |
| implantation | up to 50 years of age | to determine the implantation rate of embryos that were created from vitrified oocytes. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed