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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| 0443-13-RMB | Other Identifier | Rambam Medical Center |
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Immotile sperm is a rather frequent problem encountered in IVF patients. Treatment is usually based on inducing motility with pentoxyphylline (PXN) followed by ICSI. However, fertilization rate with this method is still lower compared with ICSI using motile sperm. One of the reasons for that is the immotile sperm inability to activate the oocyte Our research hypothesis is that better fertilization rate can be accomplished in these cases by combining PXN sperm activation with Ca ionophore oocyte activation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| PXN only | Active Comparator | Sperm activation with PXN before ICSI |
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| PXN activation and oocyte activation | Experimental | Sperm activation with PXN and oocyte activation |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| PXN sperm treatment | Biological | immotile sperm activation with PXN |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Clinical pregnancy | Demonstration of fetal heart activity 1 month post oocyte retrieval. | One month post oocyte retrieval |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Fertilization rate | Normal, 2 pronuclei, zygote one day post ICSI | One day post oocyte retrieval |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Rambam medical Center | Haifa | Israel | 31096 | Israel |
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| ID | Term |
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| D007246 | Infertility |
| D053627 | Asthenozoospermia |
| ID | Term |
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| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D007248 | Infertility, Male |
| D005832 | Genital Diseases, Male |
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| Sperm activation with PXN and oocyte activation |
| Biological |
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| D052801 |
| Male Urogenital Diseases |