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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02268786




Registration number
NCT02268786
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/10/2014
Date registered
20/10/2014
Date last updated
13/05/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
Single Embryo TrAnsfeR of Euploid Embryo
Scientific title
Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Pregnancy Outcomes Following Selection and Single Embryo Transfer (SET) Based on Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Versus Standard Morphological Assessment
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RGH-001
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
STAR
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Infertility 0 0
Aneuploidy 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Human Genetics and Inherited Disorders 0 0 0 0
Other human genetics and inherited disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Preimplantation Genetic Screening by NGS

Experimental: Group A - Intent to transfer single euploid embryo based on NGS testing (VeriSeq™ PGS) of biopsied blastocysts

No intervention: Group B - Intent to transfer single embryo based on morphological assessment according to the Gardner scoring system (no PGS)


Other interventions: Preimplantation Genetic Screening by NGS
The VeriSeq PGS takes advantage of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to provide comprehensive, accurate screening of all 24 chromosomes for selection of euploid embryos.
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Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Ongoing Pregnancy
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Gestational Age of 20 Weeks

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Patient undergoing IVF
* At least 2 blastocysts suitable for biopsy on day 5 or 6 of embryo development
Minimum age
25 Years
Maximum age
40 Years
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* History of more than two prior implantation failure following IVF
* History of more than one miscarriage of viable pregnancy
* One or both partners known to be carrier(s) of a chromosomal abnormality
* Known genetic carrier couple and/or one or both partners carrier of a known autosomal dominant disorder
* Any other non-study related preimplantation genetic testing
* Use of donor oocytes
* Use of gestational carrier (surrogate or donor egg recipient).
* Severe oligospermia (<1,000,000 sperm/ml); Surgical Sperm Retrieval for reasons other than post-vasectomy and CAVD
* Low ovarian reserve with (FSH) >10 IU/L on day 2-4 of a prior menstrual cycle and/or (AMH) <7 pmol/L (or <1 ng/ml)
* Gender selection cycles
* Concurrent participation in another clinical trial

Study design
Purpose of the study
Other
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
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Actual
31/12/2016
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
661
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
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Melbourne IVF - Melbourne
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3002 - Melbourne
Recruitment outside Australia
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Arizona
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California
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Colorado
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Delaware
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Florida
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Georgia
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Hawaii
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Illinois
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Washington
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Canada
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Ontario
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United Kingdom
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Greater London
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United Kingdom
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Greater Manchester
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Oxfordshire
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United Kingdom
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London
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United Kingdom
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Oxford

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Illumina, Inc.
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Reprogenetics
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Other
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Genesis Genetics
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effect of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) by next generation sequencing (NGS) compared to standard morphological assessment of embryos on pregnancy rates through a randomized controlled trial (RCT). All embryos will be vitrified and a single embryo transfer (SET) will be performed with either screened or unscreened embryos depending on randomization.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02268786
Trial related presentations / publications
Handyside AH. 24-chromosome copy number analysis: a comparison of available technologies. Fertil Steril. 2013 Sep;100(3):595-602. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1965.
Schoolcraft WB, Katz-Jaffe MG. Comprehensive chromosome screening of trophectoderm with vitrification facilitates elective single-embryo transfer for infertile women with advanced maternal age. Fertil Steril. 2013 Sep;100(3):615-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1972.
Yang Z, Liu J, Collins GS, Salem SA, Liu X, Lyle SS, Peck AC, Sills ES, Salem RD. Selection of single blastocysts for fresh transfer via standard morphology assessment alone and with array CGH for good prognosis IVF patients: results from a randomized pilot study. Mol Cytogenet. 2012 May 2;5(1):24. doi: 10.1186/1755-8166-5-24.
Fiorentino F, Biricik A, Bono S, Spizzichino L, Cotroneo E, Cottone G, Kokocinski F, Michel CE. Development and validation of a next-generation sequencing-based protocol for 24-chromosome aneuploidy screening of embryos. Fertil Steril. 2014 May;101(5):1375-82. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.051. Epub 2014 Mar 6.
Bianchi DW, Parker RL, Wentworth J, Madankumar R, Saffer C, Das AF, Craig JA, Chudova DI, Devers PL, Jones KW, Oliver K, Rava RP, Sehnert AJ; CARE Study Group. DNA sequencing versus standard prenatal aneuploidy screening. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 27;370(9):799-808. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1311037.
Munne S, Kaplan B, Frattarelli JL, Child T, Nakhuda G, Shamma FN, Silverberg K, Kalista T, Handyside AH, Katz-Jaffe M, Wells D, Gordon T, Stock-Myer S, Willman S; STAR Study Group. Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy versus morphology as selection criteria for single frozen-thawed embryo transfer in good-prognosis patients: a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Fertil Steril. 2019 Dec;112(6):1071-1079.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.07.1346. Epub 2019 Sep 21.
Cornelisse S, Zagers M, Kostova E, Fleischer K, van Wely M, Mastenbroek S. Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (abnormal number of chromosomes) in in vitro fertilisation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Sep 8;9(9):CD005291. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005291.pub3.
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02268786