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Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)

INTRODUCTION: Tubal patency testing is an essential part in the fertility workup of many subfertile women. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) has long been the test of choice in many clinics. There is evidence from a large randomised multicentre trial and from a recent meta-analysis that women who had HSG...

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Autores principales: De Neubourg, Diane, Janssens, Lara, Verhaegen, Iris, Smits, Elke, Mol, Ben W, Roelant, Ella
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8634016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34845077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054845
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author De Neubourg, Diane
Janssens, Lara
Verhaegen, Iris
Smits, Elke
Mol, Ben W
Roelant, Ella
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Janssens, Lara
Verhaegen, Iris
Smits, Elke
Mol, Ben W
Roelant, Ella
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description INTRODUCTION: Tubal patency testing is an essential part in the fertility workup of many subfertile women. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) has long been the test of choice in many clinics. There is evidence from a large randomised multicentre trial and from a recent meta-analysis that women who had HSG using oil soluble contrast medium (OSCM) had higher rates of ongoing pregnancy compared with women who underwent this procedure using water contrast. However, the field is moving away from HSG and nowadays hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (Hyfosy) using ultrasound guidance is considered as the first line office tubal patency test. Therefore, a large multicentre randomised clinical trial (RCT) will be initiated to evaluate if flushing the fallopian tubes with OSCM after a normal Hyfosy showing at least one patent fallopian tube will increase the live birth rate as compared with no flushing. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We plan a multicentre two arm, 1:1 randomised, open-label pragmatic comparative trial in 12 Belgian centres. After informed consent, we will randomise infertile women between 18 and 40 years of age, undergoing Hyfosy as part of the fertility workup to Hyfosy with additional tubal flushing with OSCM versus Hyfosy without additional flushing. Infertility is defined as lack of conception despite 12 months of unprotected intercourse, or three cycles of donor insemination without pregnancy or three ovulatory ovulation induction cycles without pregnancy, all three in combination with at least one patent tube on Hyfosy. Primary endpoint will be live birth with conception within 6 months after randomisation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Approval on 11 May 2021 by the Ethics Committee from ZNA Hospital Antwerp who was the central Ethics Committee for the Clinical Trial Regulation Pilot (Pilot 412) in the 12 centres. The findings from this RCT will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications and presentations at scientific international meetings. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: EudraCT number: 2020-002135-30 and NCT04379973.
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spelling pubmed-86340162021-12-10 Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study) De Neubourg, Diane Janssens, Lara Verhaegen, Iris Smits, Elke Mol, Ben W Roelant, Ella BMJ Open Reproductive Medicine INTRODUCTION: Tubal patency testing is an essential part in the fertility workup of many subfertile women. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) has long been the test of choice in many clinics. There is evidence from a large randomised multicentre trial and from a recent meta-analysis that women who had HSG using oil soluble contrast medium (OSCM) had higher rates of ongoing pregnancy compared with women who underwent this procedure using water contrast. However, the field is moving away from HSG and nowadays hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (Hyfosy) using ultrasound guidance is considered as the first line office tubal patency test. Therefore, a large multicentre randomised clinical trial (RCT) will be initiated to evaluate if flushing the fallopian tubes with OSCM after a normal Hyfosy showing at least one patent fallopian tube will increase the live birth rate as compared with no flushing. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We plan a multicentre two arm, 1:1 randomised, open-label pragmatic comparative trial in 12 Belgian centres. After informed consent, we will randomise infertile women between 18 and 40 years of age, undergoing Hyfosy as part of the fertility workup to Hyfosy with additional tubal flushing with OSCM versus Hyfosy without additional flushing. Infertility is defined as lack of conception despite 12 months of unprotected intercourse, or three cycles of donor insemination without pregnancy or three ovulatory ovulation induction cycles without pregnancy, all three in combination with at least one patent tube on Hyfosy. Primary endpoint will be live birth with conception within 6 months after randomisation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Approval on 11 May 2021 by the Ethics Committee from ZNA Hospital Antwerp who was the central Ethics Committee for the Clinical Trial Regulation Pilot (Pilot 412) in the 12 centres. The findings from this RCT will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications and presentations at scientific international meetings. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: EudraCT number: 2020-002135-30 and NCT04379973. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8634016/ /pubmed/34845077 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054845 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Reproductive Medicine
De Neubourg, Diane
Janssens, Lara
Verhaegen, Iris
Smits, Elke
Mol, Ben W
Roelant, Ella
Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)
title Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)
title_full Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)
title_fullStr Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)
title_full_unstemmed Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)
title_short Live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HYFOIL study)
title_sort live birth after additional tubal flushing with oil-based contrast versus no additional flushing: a randomised, multicentre, parallel-group pragmatic trial in infertile women with at least one patent tube at hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (hyfoil study)
topic Reproductive Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8634016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34845077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054845
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