Clinical trial

Hello my friends! Since there's not much to report on the homefront, I wanted to alert those of you still in the trenches about an IVF clinical trial going on. Some clinics have already filled their allotment but some are just starting. My own clinic, Boston IVF is not yet advertising the study on their website, but is participating and seems to be accepting patients currently. I've heard that Shady Grove in VA is also participating. I think it's just a matter of calling around to clinics in your area and seeing who is participating, I've heard that it's @ 50 clinics nationwide.

Some supposed key info: (I can't vouch for all of this, it's culled from message boards)

• It is a study sponsored by Schering-Plough, makers of Follistim, testing a single-injection FSH stim drug, versus daily stimming
• Accepting women aged 35-42
• All medications and the IVF cycle itself are covered by the study, with the exceptions of estrace, doxycycline, and anesthesia medication for egg retrieval
• There is a substudy included that would do an FET cycle if you should do one within two years of beginning this study, but you can only do the FET with embryos frozen as a result of this IVF cycle study.
• Disqualifications if: more than three failed IVF cycles in a row, BMI that is above average, taking prescription medications, smoking, and drinking.

There are rumors that the study will only allow a max of two embryos to be transferred on Day 3, and that your RE will trigger when you have two follies of appropriate size. I guess they would freeze any additional embies that snuck in, but definitely check. You'll want to ask your clinic specific questions before you decide whether you think it's worth it to go through all an IVF cycle entails for just a shot at two embies -- but hey it's hard to turn down a free IVF cycle, huh? ;)

Here are the details:
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01144416?term=infertility&recr=Open&lead=Schering-Plough&rank=1

I hope this is helpful to someone!!