ESHRE Conference Offers More IVF Findings
Today’s Telegraph reports more interesting facts and findings from the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, Spain.
One study focused on declining success rates of ICSI after the 3rd attempt:
- Almost all women who would have become pregnant through a type of IVF (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)), used in an estimated 40 per cent of cycles in Britain, did so on the first or second attempt…Only 3.4 per cent of women became pregnant with their third cycle of treatment and less than one per cent on the fourth or fifth cycle.
Simon Hong, from the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at Cornell University in America said: “From our findings it appears that younger women undergoing two ART (assisted reproductive technique) attempts benefit from the highest chances of pregnancy.”
Another study presented today at the ESHRE conference focused on the use of frozen vs. fresh embryos and found:
- Infants born from embryos which were frozen and then thawed before being implanted into a woman had a higher birth weight and were less likely to suffer abnormalities, and
- Fewer of the children were also twins or triplets.
So, how are you finding the findings from ESHRE so far? Since our next frozen embryo transfer (FET) is just around the corner, I’m liking that second study. The first one, not so much.
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Louis Keith MD
Jul 18, 2008 at 2:46 pm
New Study Predicts Success of In-Vitro Fertilization
Report Allows Women to Know Chances of Taking Home a Baby, of Taking Home Twins
Last update: 7:17 a.m. EDT July 17, 2008
CHICAGO, Jul 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — A method that is up to 80 percent accurate in determining whether a woman undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) will take home a baby has been developed by Dr. Christopher Jones, CEO of FORMYODDS.COM. The report will be submitted for publication later this month.
Based on 20 predictive variables, the model was tested using one of the world’s largest IVF datasets comprising over 170,000 treatment cycles. “FORMYODDS.COM is such a breakthrough because it predicts the take-home baby rate using population-based data,” Dr. Jones said.
What started as research has led to a website. For women or couples using FORMYODDS.COM, predictions come in the form of a simple report which all parties can discuss with their doctor. “Stated simply, if one hundred women with similar clinical characteristics underwent an IVF cycle using 1, 2 or 3 embryos, a certain number will give birth. Of those who give birth, a certain percentage will give birth to twins. Knowing these percentages can help with many planning aspects such as the timing of treatment,” says Dr. Louis Keith.
Dr. Hamisu Salihu, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of South Florida, who confirmed the findings, said, “This is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for women contemplating IVF. The site predicts the take-home baby rate and multiple birth rate - two important rates to know.”
What if today is not the right time for IVF? FORMYODDS.COM shows what will happen if the next IVF cycle is completed within one month, compared with next year, five years or after additional cycles of IVF. “Women need to know their chances under real scenarios,” says Dr. Timothy R. B. Johnson, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, and “FORMYODDS.COM pools all the variables together in a manner that is meaningful for the fertility doctor, cost-effective and immediately useful for counseling.”
Dr. Jones cautions, “This is an aid to patients considering IVF but not a substitute for a medical diagnosis.” Further information is available at http://www.formyodds.com.
SOURCE: FORMYODDS.COM
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Louis Keith, MD, PhD
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