Status:

UNKNOWN

Ovulation Induction With Clomiphene Citrate and Dexamethasone

Lead Sponsor:

San Antonio Military Medical Center

Conditions:

Infertility

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-40 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the addition of dexamethasone to clomiphene citrate will increase the pregnancy rate of intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles.

Detailed Description

For decades clomiphene citrate (CC) has been the first line therapy for ovulation induction in anovulatory or oligoovulatory women, and for superovulation in women with unexplained infertility or part...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Active duty military members or dependents seeking infertility treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center
  • primary or secondary infertility
  • candidate for intrauterine insemination (IUI)

Exclusion

  • Severe male factor infertility (total motile sperm count \<10 million/mL)
  • Bilateral fallopian tube obstruction
  • Diminished ovarian reserve (baseline follicle stimulating hormone \> 20)
  • History of clomiphene resistance as determined by a Clomid challenge test or prior non-ovulatory cycles while taking clomiphene
  • Known or suspected hypopituitarism or hypothalamic amenorrhea
  • Six or more prior therapeutic CC cycles without a pregnancy
  • Diabetes
  • Renal impairment, hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis, or myasthenia gravis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Cataracts or glaucoma
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Cushing's disease, or any condition requiring chronic corticosteroid use

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

140 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01856062

Start Date

May 1 2013

End Date

June 1 2015

Last Update

February 28 2014

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San Antonio Military Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, 78234