Could a blood spin help you get pregnant? new trial tests PRP in IUI
NCT ID NCT07615634
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether mixing a woman's own platelet-rich plasma (PRP) with her partner's sperm before intrauterine insemination (IUI) can increase pregnancy rates. About 288 women with infertility will be randomly assigned to receive either standard IUI or IUI with PRP-treated sperm. The main goal is to see if the PRP group has more clinical pregnancies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to improve pregnancy chances for women undergoing IUI.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no phase, so results are uncertain. There is also a small risk of infection from the PRP procedure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 288 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 42 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who were eligible for IUI cycles in Assissted Reproduction Technolog unit, Prince of Wales Hospital * Female patients aged \>18 years old and \< 42 years old * BMI \< 30 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent administration of other agents such as prednisolone, intravenous immunoglobulin, or G-CSF * Administration of anticoagulants or NSAIDs at least 7 days before PRP infuse * Drug addiction * Untreated urinary tract infection * Underlying uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension, chromosomal or uterine abnormalities, genetic, hematologic, immunological, or endocrine disorders * Chronic disease, systemic disease or cancers * Blood diseases (sepsis, thrombocytopenia) * Poor sperm samples (raw sample TMS \<5 x 106) * Smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages on the day of IUI * Fever on the day of IUI * Redduse or incomplete in obtaining informed consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
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