Objective: To evaluate the results of a novel protocol that allows to rescue IVF unfertilized oocytes by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).Design: Prospective clinical trial.Setting: Private reproductive medical...Objective: To evaluate the results of a novel protocol that allows to rescue IVF unfertilized oocytes by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).Design: Prospective clinical trial.Setting: Private reproductive medical center.Patient(s): Thirty patients undergoing IVF.Intervention(s): Controlled ovarian stimulation (COS), conventional IVF, rescue ICSI, embryo culture, and embryo transfer.Main Outcome Measure(s): Identification of unfertilized IVF oocytes 6 hours after insemination and fertilization, and developmental rates of those oocytes after rescue microinjection, as well implantation and pregnancy rates (PR).Result(s): All oocytes (392) from 30 patients were inseminated with standard IVF 3 hours after ovum pick- up.Polar body (PB) status was checked at decumulation and rechecked 3 hours later.Eighty- two oocytes were fertilized after IVF alone and 184 nonactivated oocytes (failed fertilization) were rescue microinjected and 166 of them fertilized (20 patients).Cleavage stage on day 2 was significantly more advanced and embryo grade was higher after standard IVF fertilization than after rescue ICSI.Eight of the 30 embryos transferred were implanted in the IVF- only patients (27% )- and 8 of 68 embryos in the rescue ICSI patients (12% ).Conclusion(s): Rescue ICSI of unfertilized IVF oocytes 6 hours after insemination (9 hours after egg retrieval) can provide normal fertilization, embryo development, and pregnancy; however, corresponding outcome parameters tend to be impaired in comparison to the standard IVF fertilization results.展开更多
Objective: To determine the prognostic value of sperm DNA fragmentation levels, as measured by the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD) test, in predicting IVF and ICSI outcome. Design: Double- blind prospective study. Se...Objective: To determine the prognostic value of sperm DNA fragmentation levels, as measured by the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD) test, in predicting IVF and ICSI outcome. Design: Double- blind prospective study. Setting: University- affiliated private IVF setting. Patient(s): A total of 85 couples undergoing infertility treatment with IVF/ICSI. Intervention( s): Analysis of DNA fragmentation by the SCD test in 170 aliquots obtained from the ejaculate and from the processed semen used for assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Main Outcome Measure(s): Percentage of spermatozoa with fragmented DNA was statistically correlated with embryo quality and reproductive success. Result(s): Fertilization rate was inversely correlated with DNA fragmentation (r =- 0.245 P=.045). Higher DNA fragmentation rate gave an increased proportion of zygotes showing asynchrony between the nucleolar precursor bodies of zygote pronuclei (73.8% vs. 28.8% P < .001). In addition, the slower embryo development and worst morphology on day 6 was correlated with higher sperm DNA fragmentation (47.7% vs. 29.4% P=.044). We also observed a negative correlation between DNA fragmentation and the implantation rate (r =- 0.250 P=.042). However, SCD test values were not statistically different in cycles that resulted in a pregnancy compared with those that did not (33.2 vs. 28.2 and 32.4 vs. 34.7). Conclusion(s): This is the first report that describes a correlation between sperm DNA integrity, asmeasured by the SCD test, and fertilization rate, embryo quality, and implantation rate in IVF/ICSI. The degree of DNA fragmentation was inversely correlatedwith fertilization rate, synchrony of the nucleolar precursor bodies’ pattern in pronuclei, embryo ability to achieve blastocyst stage, and embryo morphological quality. Because SCD test values were correlated with embryo quality and blastocyst rate, the lack of correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation and pregnancy outcome in IVF might be due to embryo selection before transfer. The ability of the SCD test to predict the blastocyst rate after IVF/ICSI warrants further study.展开更多
To determine whether the short or long protocol for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation works better in older patients undergoing IVF. Design: Controlled, randomized study. Setting: A single private IVF center. Patien...To determine whether the short or long protocol for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation works better in older patients undergoing IVF. Design: Controlled, randomized study. Setting: A single private IVF center. Patient(s): Two hundred twenty infertile women aged ≥ 40 years undergoing IVF.Intervention(s): At their first IVF cycle, the women were randomized into two stud groups according to a computer-generated number sequence: 110 patients were treated with a long protocol, and the other 110 were treated with a short protocol for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Main Outcome Measure(s): Days of stimulation, E2 level at the day of hCG administration, amount of FSH administered, number of oocytes collected, number of embryos obtained, pregnancy rate, implantation rate. Result(s): Patients treated with a long protocol showed a significantly higher number of oocytes retrieved, a higher number of embryos obtained, and a higher pregnancy rate, both for cycle and transfer, compared with the short-protocol patients. The other parameters evaluated did not show any statistically significant differences. Conclusion(s): Our study showed that the long protocol performed better than the short protocol in older women. Our findings demonstrated that flare-up in older women might be detrimental.展开更多
Objective: To evaluate the overall effect of assisted hatching (AH) on the implantation, pregnancy, and live birth rates in women undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)- cycles; and to determine the effect...Objective: To evaluate the overall effect of assisted hatching (AH) on the implantation, pregnancy, and live birth rates in women undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)- cycles; and to determine the effect of AH on the cytogenetic outcome (chromosomal constitution) of pregnancy.Design: Prospective, randomized study.Setting: Academic research environment.Patient(s): A total of 172 couples were enrolled in the study.Intervention(s): Assisted hatching was carried out on day- 3 ICSI embryos.Main Outcome Measure(s): Implantation, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates; cytogenetic analysis of abortuses and umbilical cord blood samples from newborns.Result(s): Biochemical, clinical, and ongoing pregnancy rates were not significantly different between the AH and control groups.The implantation rate was higher in the AH group than in the control group (16% vs.8% ), especially in women aged ≥ 35 years.Postnatal umbilical cord blood samples were collected and cytogenetically analyzed from 39 live births (20 from the AH group, 19 from the control group).Two abnormal karyotypes were found (one AH, one control).There were seven spontaneous losses during the study interval.Six of the abortuses underwent cytogenetic study (five AH, one control), and four were found to have an abnormal karyotype (three AH, one control). Conclusion: We found that AH improves implantation rates of ICSI cycles and seems to be most effective in women aged ≥ 35 years.A larger sample size is needed to determine whether AH improves the take- home- baby rate.Assisted hatching did not affect the rate of chromosomal abnormalities in live births in this study.展开更多
Objective: To analyze the distribution of oocytes nuclear maturational stages and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome in relation to follicular size, after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH), using ...Objective: To analyze the distribution of oocytes nuclear maturational stages and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome in relation to follicular size, after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH), using gonadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist or agonist protocols. Design: Prospective comparative study. Setting: Fertility unit in an academic hospital. Patient(s): Normo- ovulatory patients with unexplained, male and/or tubal factor infertility undergoing ICSI treatment. Intervention(s): Oocytes were retrieved from small (7- 12 mm) and large follicles (>12 mm). Main Outcome Measure(s): Oocyte nuclear maturation stage, fertilization and preimplantation embryonic development of the mature ova evaluated. Result(s): Distribution of oocyte maturation stages from small follicles did not differ between the two COH protocols. From large follicles, a statistically significantly higher percentage of immature oocytes was retrieved after antagonist compared with agonist treatment (16 vs 11% , respectively). No statistically significant differences existed regarding ICSI outcome of mature ova within the same follicle diameter range between COH protocols. Inseminated ova from small follicles presented a significantly higher number of embryos with delayed development on day 3 after ICSI. Conclusion(s): A greater heterogeneity of maturity was found in the population of oocyte stages that were present after the antagonist protocol. Matured oocytes retrieved from small follicles generated embryos of lower developmental potential than oocytes derived from larger follicles.展开更多
文摘Objective: To evaluate the results of a novel protocol that allows to rescue IVF unfertilized oocytes by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).Design: Prospective clinical trial.Setting: Private reproductive medical center.Patient(s): Thirty patients undergoing IVF.Intervention(s): Controlled ovarian stimulation (COS), conventional IVF, rescue ICSI, embryo culture, and embryo transfer.Main Outcome Measure(s): Identification of unfertilized IVF oocytes 6 hours after insemination and fertilization, and developmental rates of those oocytes after rescue microinjection, as well implantation and pregnancy rates (PR).Result(s): All oocytes (392) from 30 patients were inseminated with standard IVF 3 hours after ovum pick- up.Polar body (PB) status was checked at decumulation and rechecked 3 hours later.Eighty- two oocytes were fertilized after IVF alone and 184 nonactivated oocytes (failed fertilization) were rescue microinjected and 166 of them fertilized (20 patients).Cleavage stage on day 2 was significantly more advanced and embryo grade was higher after standard IVF fertilization than after rescue ICSI.Eight of the 30 embryos transferred were implanted in the IVF- only patients (27% )- and 8 of 68 embryos in the rescue ICSI patients (12% ).Conclusion(s): Rescue ICSI of unfertilized IVF oocytes 6 hours after insemination (9 hours after egg retrieval) can provide normal fertilization, embryo development, and pregnancy; however, corresponding outcome parameters tend to be impaired in comparison to the standard IVF fertilization results.
文摘Objective: To determine the prognostic value of sperm DNA fragmentation levels, as measured by the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD) test, in predicting IVF and ICSI outcome. Design: Double- blind prospective study. Setting: University- affiliated private IVF setting. Patient(s): A total of 85 couples undergoing infertility treatment with IVF/ICSI. Intervention( s): Analysis of DNA fragmentation by the SCD test in 170 aliquots obtained from the ejaculate and from the processed semen used for assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Main Outcome Measure(s): Percentage of spermatozoa with fragmented DNA was statistically correlated with embryo quality and reproductive success. Result(s): Fertilization rate was inversely correlated with DNA fragmentation (r =- 0.245 P=.045). Higher DNA fragmentation rate gave an increased proportion of zygotes showing asynchrony between the nucleolar precursor bodies of zygote pronuclei (73.8% vs. 28.8% P < .001). In addition, the slower embryo development and worst morphology on day 6 was correlated with higher sperm DNA fragmentation (47.7% vs. 29.4% P=.044). We also observed a negative correlation between DNA fragmentation and the implantation rate (r =- 0.250 P=.042). However, SCD test values were not statistically different in cycles that resulted in a pregnancy compared with those that did not (33.2 vs. 28.2 and 32.4 vs. 34.7). Conclusion(s): This is the first report that describes a correlation between sperm DNA integrity, asmeasured by the SCD test, and fertilization rate, embryo quality, and implantation rate in IVF/ICSI. The degree of DNA fragmentation was inversely correlatedwith fertilization rate, synchrony of the nucleolar precursor bodies’ pattern in pronuclei, embryo ability to achieve blastocyst stage, and embryo morphological quality. Because SCD test values were correlated with embryo quality and blastocyst rate, the lack of correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation and pregnancy outcome in IVF might be due to embryo selection before transfer. The ability of the SCD test to predict the blastocyst rate after IVF/ICSI warrants further study.
文摘To determine whether the short or long protocol for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation works better in older patients undergoing IVF. Design: Controlled, randomized study. Setting: A single private IVF center. Patient(s): Two hundred twenty infertile women aged ≥ 40 years undergoing IVF.Intervention(s): At their first IVF cycle, the women were randomized into two stud groups according to a computer-generated number sequence: 110 patients were treated with a long protocol, and the other 110 were treated with a short protocol for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Main Outcome Measure(s): Days of stimulation, E2 level at the day of hCG administration, amount of FSH administered, number of oocytes collected, number of embryos obtained, pregnancy rate, implantation rate. Result(s): Patients treated with a long protocol showed a significantly higher number of oocytes retrieved, a higher number of embryos obtained, and a higher pregnancy rate, both for cycle and transfer, compared with the short-protocol patients. The other parameters evaluated did not show any statistically significant differences. Conclusion(s): Our study showed that the long protocol performed better than the short protocol in older women. Our findings demonstrated that flare-up in older women might be detrimental.
文摘Objective: To evaluate the overall effect of assisted hatching (AH) on the implantation, pregnancy, and live birth rates in women undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)- cycles; and to determine the effect of AH on the cytogenetic outcome (chromosomal constitution) of pregnancy.Design: Prospective, randomized study.Setting: Academic research environment.Patient(s): A total of 172 couples were enrolled in the study.Intervention(s): Assisted hatching was carried out on day- 3 ICSI embryos.Main Outcome Measure(s): Implantation, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates; cytogenetic analysis of abortuses and umbilical cord blood samples from newborns.Result(s): Biochemical, clinical, and ongoing pregnancy rates were not significantly different between the AH and control groups.The implantation rate was higher in the AH group than in the control group (16% vs.8% ), especially in women aged ≥ 35 years.Postnatal umbilical cord blood samples were collected and cytogenetically analyzed from 39 live births (20 from the AH group, 19 from the control group).Two abnormal karyotypes were found (one AH, one control).There were seven spontaneous losses during the study interval.Six of the abortuses underwent cytogenetic study (five AH, one control), and four were found to have an abnormal karyotype (three AH, one control). Conclusion: We found that AH improves implantation rates of ICSI cycles and seems to be most effective in women aged ≥ 35 years.A larger sample size is needed to determine whether AH improves the take- home- baby rate.Assisted hatching did not affect the rate of chromosomal abnormalities in live births in this study.
文摘Objective: To analyze the distribution of oocytes nuclear maturational stages and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome in relation to follicular size, after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH), using gonadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist or agonist protocols. Design: Prospective comparative study. Setting: Fertility unit in an academic hospital. Patient(s): Normo- ovulatory patients with unexplained, male and/or tubal factor infertility undergoing ICSI treatment. Intervention(s): Oocytes were retrieved from small (7- 12 mm) and large follicles (>12 mm). Main Outcome Measure(s): Oocyte nuclear maturation stage, fertilization and preimplantation embryonic development of the mature ova evaluated. Result(s): Distribution of oocyte maturation stages from small follicles did not differ between the two COH protocols. From large follicles, a statistically significantly higher percentage of immature oocytes was retrieved after antagonist compared with agonist treatment (16 vs 11% , respectively). No statistically significant differences existed regarding ICSI outcome of mature ova within the same follicle diameter range between COH protocols. Inseminated ova from small follicles presented a significantly higher number of embryos with delayed development on day 3 after ICSI. Conclusion(s): A greater heterogeneity of maturity was found in the population of oocyte stages that were present after the antagonist protocol. Matured oocytes retrieved from small follicles generated embryos of lower developmental potential than oocytes derived from larger follicles.