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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR939
Date of registration: 21/03/2007
Primary sponsor: Academic Medical Center (AMC), Center For Reproductive Medicine
Public title: Prevention of multiple pregnancies in couples with unexplained or mild male subfertility
Scientific title: Treatment of couples with unexplained or mild male subfertility and an unfavorable prognosis. A randomised trial comparing the cost-effectiveness of IUI with ovarian hyperstimulation, manipulated natural cycle IVF and IVF with single embryo transfer. - INeS-study
Date of first enrolment: 1/7/2007
Target sample size: 600
Recruitment status: pending
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=939
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: Fulco  Veen, van der
Address:  Academic Medical Center (AMC), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center For Reproductive Medicine, P.O. Box 22660, Meibergdreef 9 1100 DD Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5663557
Email: F.vanderVeen@amc.uva.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: M.H.  Mochtar
Address:  Academical Medical Center, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Postbox 22700 1100 DE Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone:
Email: M.H.Mochtar@amc.uva.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Couples are eligible if the following apply:
1. Female age between 18 and 38 years.
2. Failure to conceive within at least 12 months of unprotected intercourse.
3. The couple has poor fertility prospects as calculated by the validated model of Hunault (Hunault et al., 2005; Van der Steeg et al., 2006). A poor fertility prospect is defined as a chance of spontaneous pregnancy below 30% within 12 months.

Exclusion criteria: Couples must not be entered if any of the following apply:
1. Polycystic ovary syndrome or any other anovulation.
2. Post-wash total motile sperm count below 3 million.
3. Double-sided tubal pathology.
4. Endocrinopathological disease like: Cushing syndrome, adrenal hyperplasia, hyperprolactinemia, acromegaly, imminent ovarian failure, premature ovarian failure, hypothalamic amenorrhea, hypothyroidy, diabetes mellitus type I.
5. Negative post-coitus test.
6. If not willing or able to sign the consent form.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Labour, In vitro fertilization (IVF), Pregnancy outcome, Pregnancy multiple, Insemination artificial, Embryo transfer, Patient preference

Intervention(s)
The comparisons are six cycles of intra-uterine insemination with controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, six cycles of manipulated natural cycle IVF, and three cycles with IVF-eSET plus cryo-cycles within a time frame of 10 months.
Primary Outcome(s)
Birth of a healthy child.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Multiple pregnancy, defined as registered heartbeat of at least two foetuses at 12 weeks of gestation;
2. Clinical pregnancy, defined as any registered embryonic heartbeat at sonography;
3. Neonatal mortality;
4. Pregnancy complications (preterm birth < 37 weeks, birth weight < 2.500 gram, Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH), (pre-) eclampsia, HELLP);
5. Costs.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN52843371
Source(s) of Monetary Support
ZON-MW, The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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