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<!ELEMENT primary_sponsor (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT public_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT type_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT study_type (#PCDATA)><!-- interventional,observational -->
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<!ELEMENT hc_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_actual_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_summary (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_adverse_events (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_outcome_measures (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_url_protocol (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_description (#PCDATA)>


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<!ELEMENT lastname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT exclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT hc_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT health_condition_keyword (hc_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_code (i_code+)>
<!ELEMENT i_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_keyword (i_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT i_keyword (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT secondary_sponsor (sponsor_name+)>
<!ELEMENT sponsor_name (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT source_support (source_name+)>
<!ELEMENT source_name (#PCDATA)>

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<trials>
  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20201121049457N3</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2026-02-12</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Comparison of pregnancy outcomes in 3- and 5-day frozen embryo transfer cycles with blastocysts in normoresponder women</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Comparison of pregnancy outcomes in 3- and 5-day frozen embryo transfer cycles with blastocysts in normoresponder women</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2026-02-20</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>148</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/88351</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Random assignment of eligible subjects to the study will be performed by an individual who is independent of the research team and has no involvement in the treatment process, participant follow-up, data collection, or recording. After the subjects have been identified as eligible for the study and their informed consent has been confirmed, they will be assigned to the study groups using a block randomization method (blocks of 4, 37 blocks). Randomization will be performed using a computerized random assignment sequence (https://www.sealedenvelope.com/), Blinding description: To conceal, cards are prepared that identify the intervention and control groups (for example, A on the card indicates the intervention group and B indicates the control group). Then these cards are placed in opaque envelopes, which are sorted and numbered according to the sequence generated by the software, and patients are assigned to the intervention or control group based on the card inside the envelope. With this concealment method, neither the patient nor the statistical consultant knows the type of treatment being received, and the statistical consultant, when analyzing the data, sees the type of treatment in coded form (A and B).</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Infertility.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group: On the transfer day, a 5-day embryo is transferred. Intervention 2: Control group: On the transfer day, 3- and 5-day embryos are transferred.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is No further information available</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Malihe Amirian</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Milad Infertility Center - Imam Reza Hospital</address>
        <city>Mashhad</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>9137913316</zip>
        <telephone>+98 51 3854 3031</telephone>
        <email>amirianm@mums.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Malihe Amirian</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Milad Infertility Center - Imam Reza Hospital</address>
        <city>Mashad</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>9137913316</zip>
        <telephone>+98 51 3854 3031</telephone>
        <email>amirianm@mums.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Infertile women (18-41 years old)
Normal uterine cavity
Normal ovarian response to stimulation
Women undergoing infertility treatment with IVF or microinjection and having at least 3 frozen embryos
No history of endometriosis or endocrine disorders and no hysteroscopic surgery
No severe male factor infertility
No poor ovarian response (less than or equal to 3 oocytes) or excessive ovarian response (more than 20 oocytes)</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>18 years</agemin>
      <agemax>41 years</agemax>
      <gender>Female</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Cervical insufficiency
Endometrial thickness less than 7 mm on the day of embryo transfer
Unwillingness to continue the study</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>N97</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Female infertility</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Other</i_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Other</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: On the transfer day, a 5-day embryo is transferred.</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: On the transfer day, 3- and 5-day embryos are transferred.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Chemical pregnancy rate. Timepoint: 2 week after embryo transfer. Method of measurement: BHCG serum.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Clinical pregnancy rate. Timepoint: 6 weeks after embryo transfer. Method of measurement: Sonography.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Abortion rate. Timepoint: Before 20 weeks of pregnancy. Method of measurement: Bleeding and expulsion of the fetus.</sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2025-11-22</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Mashhad university of Medical Sciences Mashhad Razavi Khorasan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
