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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03360526
Date of registration: 28/11/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ganin Fertility Center
Public title: What is the Best Sperm Source and Way of Sperm Selection in Cases With Abnormal sORP Levels on the Day of ICSI?
Scientific title: What is the Best Sperm Source and Way of Sperm Selection in Cases With Abnormal Static Oxidation Reduction Potential (sORP) Levels on the Day of ICSI?
Date of first enrolment: November 20, 2017
Target sample size: 820
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03360526
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Name:     Hosam Zaki, MSc, FRCOG
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Affiliation:  Ganin Fertility Center, Cairo, Egypt
Name:     Khaled Elqusi, BSc
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Affiliation:  Ganin Fertility Center, Cairo, Egypt
Name:     Eman Hasanen, BSc
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Affiliation:  Ganin Fertility Center, Cairo, Egypt
Name:     Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D
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Affiliation:  American Center of reproductive medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
Name:     Ralph Henkel, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of the Western Cape
Name:     Eman Hasanen, BSc
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Email: em.saberh@gmail.com
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Name:     Hosam Zaki, MSc, FRCOG
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Telephone: +201222150018
Email: hosamz@tedata.net.eg
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Name:     Hanaa Elkhedr, ABB( ELD)
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Affiliation:  Ganin Fertility Center, Cairo, Egypt
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosed of abnormal male semen parameters such as abnormal sperm parameters
according to WHO 2010 or high DNA fragmentation using TUNEL as a cause of couple
infertility.

- Abnormal sORP level on the day of ICSI.

- Males with mild OTA (oligoteratoasthenozoospermia).

- Female aged 18-35 years.

- Normo responder ( > 8 mature oocytes)

- Male will have to refrain from ejaculation no less than 1 day but no greater than 3
days prior semen specimen production on day of oocyte retrieval

Exclusion Criteria:

- Normal Semen fluid analysis ( WHO 2010) during the initial assessment of the male

- Normal sORP levelat the day of ICSI

- Leukocytospermia

- Presence of varicocele.

- Known genetic abnormality

- Use of sperm donation or cryopreserved sperm

- Use of Oocyte donation

- Use of gestational carrier

- Presence of any of the endometrial factors that affect embryo implantation such as
hydrosalpings, adenomyosis or previously known uterine infection

- Any contradictions to undergoing in vitro fertilization or gonadotropin stimulation



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Oxidative Stress
Intervention(s)
Device: PICSI
Procedure: TESA
Primary Outcome(s)
Ongoing pregnancy rate [Time Frame: 20 weeks of gestation]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pregnancy rate [Time Frame: 14 days following embryo transfer]
Blastulation rate [Time Frame: 5-6 days]
Cleavage rate [Time Frame: 3 days]
Fertilization rate [Time Frame: 16-18 hours]
Blastocyst quality rate [Time Frame: 5-6 days]
Implantation rate [Time Frame: 6- 8 weeks following embryo transfer]]
Secondary ID(s)
EMSH25390
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Cleveland Clinic
University of the Western Cape
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