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Natural Versus Programmed Frozen Embryo Transfer (NatPro)
Sponsor: JHSPH Center for Clinical Trials
Summary
NatPro is a two-arm, parallel-group, multi-center, randomized trial in which women undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET) will be randomized to receive either a modified natural cycle (corpus luteum present) or a programmed cycle (corpus luteum absent).
Official title: Multi-center, Parallel-group, Randomized Controlled Trial of Modified Natural Versus Programmed Cycles for Frozen Embryo Transfers and Their Association With Preeclampsia and Live Births
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 41 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
788
Start Date
2020-09-16
Completion Date
2026-04-01
Last Updated
2025-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Modified natural cycle
This treatment protocol is defined as a modified natural cycle as the participant will be instructed to (1) administer human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to assist with timing of the embryo transfer and (2) supplement the luteal phase with a low dose of progesterone.
Programmed cycle
This protocol is designated as programmed because the endometrial development occurs only in association with administration of estradiol and progesterone. No ovulation occurs due to suppression of follicle development by the estradiol and the timing of the transfer is based on the number of days elapsed following initiation of exogenous progesterone.
Locations (15)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Stanford University
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Yale
Orange, Connecticut, United States
Fertility Institute of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Shady Grove Fertility
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Boston IVF
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, United States
Atrium Health
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Beachwood, Ohio, United States
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
CARE Fertility
Bedford, Texas, United States
West Virginia University Center for Reproductive Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States