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Clomiphene Citrate vs Letrozole in the treatment of anovulatory infertility

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SLCTR Registration Number

SLCTR/2014/009


Date of Registration

25 Apr 2014

The date of last modification

Apr 30, 2019


Trial Status



Application Summary


Scientific Title of Trial

Clomiphene Citrate vs Letrozole in the treatment of anovulatory infertility


Public Title of Trial

Clomiphene Citrate vs Letrozole in the treatment of anovulatory infertility


Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied

Anovulatory infertility


Scientific Acronym

None


Public Acronym

None


Brief title

None


Universal Trial Number

U1111-1154-3430


Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority

P/04/01/2014 (Ethics Review Committee, University of Kelaniya)


Trial Details


What is the research question being addressed?

Clomiphene citrate or letrozole: which ovarian stimulating agent is the best choice of first line treatment?


Type of study

Interventional


Study design

Allocation

Randomized controlled trial


Masking

Single blinded


Control

Active


Assignment

Parallel


Purpose

Treatment


Study Phase

Phase 2


Intervention(s) planned

Patients attending to the subfertility clinic will be recruited. Tubal patency will be diagnosed by doing a hysterosalpingogram or a laparoscopy and chromotubation.

Selected females will be randomized in to two treatment groups Each participant will either receive clomiphene citrate 50 mg daily from the second day to sixth day of the menstrual cycle or letrozole 2.5 mg daily for the same period according to the number allocated by the software(single-blind approach). The person assessing follicular development will also be blind to the allocation.


Inclusion criteria

• Females < 40 years • Infertile ( inability to achieve a pregnancy after a one year of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.) • Anovulatory - diagnosed by assessing mid-luteal progesterone levels and assessment of follicular development by serial trans-vaginal ultrasound scanning • Proven tubal patency


Exclusion criteria

• Females having tubal factor infertility • Females whose partners have male factor subfertility



Primary outcome(s)

1.

Follicular development assessed bytrasvaginal ultrasound scan

[

12th day of the cycle

]

Secondary outcome(s)

1.
  1. Number of mature follicles (>18mm diameter)
  2. Pregnancy
  3. Endometrial thickness on the day of hCG administration
  4. Multiple pregnancy rate
  5. Miscarriage rate
[
  1. 12th day of cycle
  2. After missed period (early 1st trimester) 3.12th day of cycle 4.First trimester 5.First trimester
]

Target number/sample size

96


Countries of recruitment

Sri Lanka


Anticipated start date

2014-05-01


Anticipated end date

2014-11-01


Date of first enrollment

2014-01-05


Date of study completion


Recruitment status

Recruiting


Funding source

None


Regulatory approvals



State of Ethics Review Approval


Status

Approved


Date of Approval

2014-02-12


Approval number

P/04/01/2014


Details of Ethics Review Committee

Name: Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
Institutional Address:PO Box 6, Thalagolla Road, Ragama Sri Lanka
Telephone:+94-11-2961267
Email: erckelaniya@gmail.com

Contact & Sponsor Information


Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator

Dr. M C Gihan
Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya and Registrar inObstetrics & Gynaecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya.

0773601051

champikagihan@yahoo.com

Contact Person for Public Queries

Dr. R N G Rajapaksha
Consultant Obstetrician &Gynaecologist
North Colombo Teaching Hospital Ragama.





Primary study sponsor/organization

North Colombo Teaching Hospital

Ragama, Sri Lanka
(+94) 011 2959261 to 4


Secondary study sponsor (If any)

None





Trial Completion details


Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?


IPD sharing plan description


Study protocol available


Protocol version and date

Not Available


Protocol URL

Not Available


Results summary available

No


Date of posting results


Date of study completion


Final sample size


Date of first publication


Link to results


Brief summary of results