Early cleavage: an additional predictor of high implantation rate following elective single embryo transfer

Autor: M.-C. Sitri, E. Glowaczower, C. Giorgetti, E. Hans, J.-M. Chinchole, J. Salzmann, V. Chabert-Orsini, J.-P. Franquebalme, R. Roulier, Bernard Barry, P Terriou, M.-C. Thibault
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Reproductive biomedicine online. 14(1)
ISSN: 1472-6483
Popis: The value of early cleavage (EC) assessment is still being debated. The aim of this prospective study was to examine the predictive value of EC assessment performed exactly 26 h after insemination by IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in a programme of elective single embryo transfer (SET) performed at day 2. If day 2 scoring demonstrated several embryos with high implantation potential, an EC embryo was transferred preferentially. EC was assessed only during normal laboratory hours so that there were two groups: EC assessed, and EC not assessed, the latter being the control. A total of 277 elective SET were performed in women under 37 years undergoing their first IVF or ICSI cycle (mean age 30.5 years, range 21-37). The overall clinical and ongoing pregnancy rates were 40.1% (111/277) and 32.9% (91/277) respectively. Significantly higher overall clinical and ongoing pregnancy rates were obtained after transfer of an EC embryo than a non-EC embryo: 49.4 versus 33.3% (P < 0.05) and 42.4 versus 25.9% (P < 0.02) respectively. However there was no significant difference between the EC assessed and control groups: 40.4 versus 39.3% and 33.2 versus 32.1 respectively. These findings confirm the value of EC assessment for selection of embryos with high implantation potential.
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