Comparison of Two Embryo Culture Media for IVF and ICSI

Comparison of Two Embryo Culture Media for IVF (in Vitro Fertilization) and ICSI ( Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection ): Randomized Prospective Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02586324

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2015-10-26

Start date

2008-01-31

Completion date

2009-03-31

Last updated

2016-03-10

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Conditions

Culture, ICSI, IVF

Brief summary

In this research, the two media used are Global medium and SSM medium with serum), which are routinely used in the reproduction biology unit. This study simply consists in setting up a methodology to compare these to media. The only constraint placed on patients is to accept randomization for the type of medium used.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALglobal medium

BIOLOGICALSSM

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Any IVF and IVF with ICSI procedure performed in the unit can be included in the study

Exclusion criteria

* refusal of patients to be randomized. In this case, the biologist chose the medium to be used and the IVF procedure will not be included in the statistical analysis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of pregnancies and deliveries	Up to 9 months

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026