Transplantation of Frozen Thawed Ovarian Tissue High Reproductive Performance
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02659592 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 20, 2016
Last Update Posted : January 20, 2016
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Design: prospective cohort study. Setting: Tertiary university-affiliated ART and oncology centers. Patients: 20 cancer survivors who underwent ovarian transplantation of frozen-thawed ovarian tissue, with the aim to conceive.
Interventions: Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTCP) and transplantation, endocrine monitoring, IVF.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Reproductive Performance Following Ovarian Transplantation | Procedure: transplantation of ovarian tissue | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Transplantation of Frozen Thawed Ovarian Tissue Demonstrates High Reproductive Performance and the Need to Revise Restrictive Criteria |
Study Start Date : | January 2004 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: infertile cancer survivors
infertile cancer survivors who seek to conceive and had frozen ovarian tissue when diagnosed years before
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Procedure: transplantation of ovarian tissue
operation(mini laparotomy) for transplantation of frozen- thawed ovarian tissue |
- menstrual bleeding (yes/no) [ Time Frame: up to one year ]recurrence of menstrual bleeding- yes or no
- number of oocytes per IVF cycle [ Time Frame: through study completion (up to 11 years following transplantation) ]number of aspirated oovytes per one IVF cycle performed
- pregnancies [ Time Frame: through study completion (up to 11 years following transplantation) ]spontaneous or post IVF pregnancy rates (%)
- live births [ Time Frame: through study completion (up to 11 years following transplantation) ]live birth rates (%)
- disease reccurence [ Time Frame: through study completion (7 months to 141 months following transplantation) ]incidence of cancer disease recurrence
- FSH levels (miU/ml) [ Time Frame: up to one year ]as part of the endocrine profile
- E2 (pmol/ml), [ Time Frame: up to one year ]as part of the endocrine profile
- number of embryos per IVF cycle [ Time Frame: through study completion (up to 11 years following transplantation) ]
- IVF cycles pregnancy rates (%) [ Time Frame: through study completion (up to 11 years following transplantation) ]number of pregnancies obtained via IVF devided by number of IVF cycles

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 40 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria: infertile patients who stored ovarian tissue to preserve fertility prior to potentially sterilizing cancer treatments
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Exclusion Criteria:
- active disease, fertile patients post cancer treatment
Responsible Party: | Prof. Dror Meirow, professor, Sheba Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02659592 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SHEBA-03-3026-DM-CTIL |
First Posted: | January 20, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 20, 2016 |
Last Verified: | January 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
fertility preservation ovarian tissue transplantation ovarian endocrine function assisted reproductive technology pregnancy and live birth |