IRCT2017013032245N2 IRCT 2017-03-08 Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine (RICM) The impact of diet based on Iranian Traditional Medicine on IVF/ICSI outcomes of infertile women - Clinical trial comparing the effects of diet based on traditional medicine and usual diet on the results of in vitro fertilization for infertile women 2017-02-03 anticipated 124 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/25167 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Other design features: -, Randomization description: In the order of entry to study based on a permuted blocks of size four, the patients in each four age groups of under 30, 30-34, 35-37, and 38-40 years were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The random allocation sequence was generated by an investigator who was not involved in eliciting data or conducting the study. 3 infertility. Intervention 1: Intervention group: Diet based on traditional medicine in the intervention group for 2 to 3 months before IVF/ICSI. The recommended foods are those that help gestation, enhance libido, are semen producer, resolve the liver and spleen obstruction, strengthen uterine and main body organs including the brain, liver and heart and they have been used in infertility treatments. These food choices are derived from traditional medicine literature sources and are recommended to be included in patients’ meal plan (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks). Intervention 2: Control group: The usual daily diet in the control group for 2 to 3 months before IVF/ICSI. The number of ovum, mature ovum number, embryos number, embryo quality and fertilization rate were significantly higher in the intervention group than control group (for all items; P<0.05). Overall pregnancy rate was significantly higher in the intervention group (35.2% vs. 12.4%; odds ratio [OR], 3.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.8-8.3). The intervention group had higher rate of getting spontaneous pregnancy than the control group (20.9% vs. 2.2%; odds ratio [OR], 11.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.6-50.9). Chemical pregnancy was significantly higher in the intervention group (64% vs. 27.5%; odds ratio [OR], 4.7; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.9-11.6). Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: Data will be sent to researchers upon request. When: After publication the results of study To whom: Researchers Conditions: for systematic or meta-analysis study Where to obtain: ِDr Mojgan Tansaz tansaz_mojgan@yahoo.com How to obtain: E-mail correspondence with the principle researcher Comments: There are no patient names in the data file and numerical codes are used to identify them.