News Update
RMN to Launch Clinical Trials in Reproductive Medicine in 2009
The Reproductive Medicine Network (RMN), established in 1989 and funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), is a cooperative effort of seven clinical sites, a data coordinating center, and the Reproductive Science Branch of the NICHD, charged with conducting and publishing high quality clinical studies in reproductive medicine.
In 2009, the RMN plans to launch the following clinical trials that address four aspects in reproductive medicine, namely, female infertility, male infertility, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and multiple gestations as a result of ovarian stimulation.
For infertile women diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), the RMN Pregnancy in PCOS (PPCOS) trial is aimed at determining the efficacy of several medications designed to aid in the achievement of conception and a live birth outcome. For more information on the study please go to http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00719186.
For men with impaired fertility, an abnormal semen analysis and a palpable varicocele, the RMN Varicocele trial will examine the effect of Microsurgical Varicocelectomy on conception and a live birth outcome. For more information on the study please go to http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00767338.
For couples who undergo In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedures, the RMN Physiologic Oxygen (PhOx) study is aimed at determining a more effectual oxygen level in the culture media which will improve live birth rates. For more information on the study please go to http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT01010386.
For couples with unexplained infertility who undergo ovarian stimulation treatments, the RMN Multiple Gestations (MGOS) trial examines medications designed to reduce the occurrence of multiple gestational pregnancies. More information on this study will be provided here as it becomes available.