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ArticleInternational journal of fertility & sterility2024

Live Birth after Cleavage-Stage versus Blastocyst-Stage Embryo Transfer in Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Randomised Controlled Study.

Malihe Mahmoudinia, Behnaze Sovizi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Ebadi, Faezeh Zakerinasab, Tahereh Sadeghi, Mahbbobeh Mahmoudinia

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Malihe MahmoudiniaSupporting The Family and The Youth of Population Research Core, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Email: mahmoudiniam@mums.ac.ir.
Behnaze SoviziDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5887-7014
Seyed Mohammad Reza EbadiDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-6722-9948
Faezeh ZakerinasabDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-2011-393X
Tahereh SadeghiNursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Akbar Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-4396-2707
Mahbbobeh MahmoudiniaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7732-2142

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Abstract

backgroundBlastocyst stage transfer appears to improve pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the pregnancy results between fresh cycle blastocyst stage embryo transfer and cleavage stage embryo transfer in patients who undergo intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). MATERIALS AND

methodsThis randomised clinical trial study was conducted at the Infertility Research Centre of Milad Hospital in Mashhad, Iran from 2018 to 2020 on 240 infertile women who presented for their first ICSI procedure. These patients were assigned to receive either cleavage embryo transfer (n=112) or blastocyst stage transfer (n=107). Pregnancy outcomes were measured in both groups.

resultsThere were no differences regarding age, body mass index (BMI), serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), duration of infertility, and aetiology of infertility between the groups (P>0.05). There were more follicles, total oocytes, and metaphase II (M2) oocytes in the blastocyst stage group. Considerably more cleavage stage embryos were transferred compared to the number of transferred blastocysts (P=0.001). The blastocyst group had more vitrified embryos than the cleavage group (P=0.000). The rates of implantation (P=0.332), chemical pregnancy (P=0.165), clinical pregnancy (P=0.694), and live births (P=0.727) were higher in the blastocyst group, but they were not significantly different. The rate of abortion was also not significantly higher in the blastocyst group (P=0.296).

conclusionBlastocysts transferred in the fresh cycle of an ICSI procedure may be more advantageous compared to cleavage stage embryo transfer (registration number: IRCT20181030041503N1).

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Blastocyst stageCleavage StageEmbryo transferIVF/ICSIPregnancy Outcomes

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