Noninferiority, randomized, controlled trial comparing embryo development using media developed for sequential or undisturbed culture in a time-lapse setup

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1452-1459.e4

  Hardarson, Thorir ^a   Bungum, Mona ^b   Conaghan, Joe ^c   Meintjes, Marius ^d   Chantilis, Samuel J ^d   Molnar, Laszlo ^e   Gunnarsson, Kristina ^a   Wikland, Matts ^a  

^a Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Pacific Fertility Center   (United States)

^d Frisco Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^e MediBit Foundation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; sequential media; single step medium; time lapse; undisturbed culture

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE COMPARISON; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO QUALITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC MONITORING DEVICE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME EMBRYO MONITORING DEVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENTIAL MEDIUM; SINGLE STEP TIME LAPSE MEDIUM; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ZYGOTE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951842066     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.08.037     Document Type: Article

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