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Indomethacin Prior to Difficult Embryo Transfer is it a Solution?

Indomethacin Prior to Difficult Embryo Transfer is it a Solution?

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03533803
Enrollment
200
Registered
2018-05-23
Start date
2018-06-02
Completion date
2018-12-02
Last updated
2018-12-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Difficult Embryo Transfer

Brief summary

IVF/ICSI patients who had difficult mock embryo transfer on the day of ovum pick up. Will be randomly assigned into two groups; group A will receive 100mg indomethacin rectal suppository 1-2 hours before ET and group B will not receive indomethacin

Interventions

DRUGIndomethacin 100Mg Suppository

Indomethacin 100Mg Suppository will be given 1 to 2 hours before embryo transfer in cases with difficult mock embryo transfer in the active comparator group.

PROCEDUREIVF/ICSI

patients received induction with the long agonist stimulation protocol. Followed by ovum pickup and embryo transfer. Only those with difficult mock embryo transfer will be recruited in this study.

Sponsors

Nile Ivf Center, Cairo, Egypt
CollaboratorOTHER
Cairo University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 38 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Infertile patients undergoing IVF cycle with difficult mock embryo transfer * Early follicular FSH level ≤10 IU/L. * Tubal, male infertility and unexplained causes of fertility will be recruited. * Fresh ET.

Exclusion criteria

* Repeated IVF failure. * Past history of allergy to NSAID, bronchial asthma , peptic ulcer or inflammatory bowel disease. * Easy mock embryo transfer.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Implantation rate6 weeksthe number of total gestational sacs divided by the total number of embryos transferred.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinical pregnancy rate6 weeksPresence of fetal pulsations after 2 weeks from the positive pregnancy test.
Ongoing pregnancy rate12 weeksPregnancies continuing beyond 12 weeks

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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