ABSTRACT
Background: despite advances in clinical and laboratory techniques, including stimulating ovulation and transferring embryo, success rate of pregnancy remains is about 30%. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of intra uterine G-CSF on implantation and clinical pregnancy rate in patients with implantation failure in IVF
Methods: this study was a randomized clinical trial on patients undergoing in vitro fertilization within an age range of 45-18 years and a history of failure in implantation for two or more times. A total of 34 patients receiving G-CSF in the intervention group and 38 patients in the control group were enrolled
Results: mean age of the participants was 34.1 years with a standard deviation of 6.4 years. The average number of years of fertility was 10 years with a standard deviation of 5.2 years. The average number of embryos implanted in the intervention group was 2.88 with a standard deviation of 0.33. The figures for the control group were 2.97 and 0.37, respectively. The two groups did not differ significantly. With respect to the potential clinical and laboratory fertility outcomes, including existing gestational sac with observed heart rate and positive serum betaHCG, no statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups
Conclusion: it seems that the effect of G-CSF on improving fertility outcomes inpatients with implantation failure does not exist and more related studies are recommended in this regard