Immune test may boost IVF birth rates, study suggests
NCT ID NCT07449494
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 148 infertile women with an overactive immune system in the uterus who were undergoing IVF. Some women had a test to see if they would respond to steroid treatment before embryo transfer, while others did not. The goal was to see if the test helped improve the chance of a live birth. The study only observed what happened in routine care, without assigning treatments.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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148 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population consists of infertile women aged 40 years or younger undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) with a planned fresh or frozen blastocyst transfer at Hôpital Pierre Rouquès - Les Bluets (Paris, France). All patients had documented uterine immune overactivation identified through routine immune assessment prior to embryo transfer. Patients were managed according to standard clinical practice, with first-line glucocorticoid therapy, with or without prior glucocorticoid sensitivity testing.
- Ages
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Up to 40 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Infertile patients undergoing IVF with planned fresh or frozen embryo transfer * Age ≤ 40 years at the time of the transfer * Documented uterine immune over-activation * Treatment with glucocorticoids in routine clinical practice, with or without prior glucocorticoid sensitivity testing * Fresh or frozen blastocyst transfer performed within 9 months following immune assessment at Hôpital des Bluets Exclusion Criteria: * • Age \> 40 years * No available uterine immune profile * Normal immune profile or immune underactivation * Management exclusively with alternative therapeutic strategies (e.g., low molecular weight heparin \[LMWH\], intralipid therapy) or combination therapies (e.g., LMWH + glucocorticoids or intralipid + glucocorticoids) * Embryo transfer performed more than 9 months after immune assessment * Cleavage-stage embryo transfer * Embryo transfer performed in another center * Oocyte donation IVF cycles
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Pierre Rouquès - Les Bluets
Paris, 75012, France
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