IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 49 / Issue 9 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4909198
Open Access Original Research
Is Endometrial Receptivity Assay (ERA) Useful in Patients with Repeated Implantation Failure Undergoing Single, Autologous Euploid Embryo Transfer?
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Faculty of Medicine, 34684 Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and IVF Unit, Acibadem Fulya Hospital, 34363 Istanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and IVF Unit, Momart Infertility Center, 34363 Istanbul, Turkey
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston, MA 01003, USA
5 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and IVF Unit, Nesta Clinic, 34349 Istanbul, Turkey
6 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and IVF Unit, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
*Correspondence: hgoksever@yahoo.com (Hale Goksever Celik)
Academic Editor: Paolo Ivo Cavoretto
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2022, 49(9), 198; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4909198
Submitted: 7 May 2022 | Revised: 6 July 2022 | Accepted: 18 July 2022 | Published: 26 August 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Our aim in this study was to evaluate whether endometrial receptivity assay (ERA) test improves single, autologous euploid frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) outcomes in patients with repeated implantation failure. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study which was conducted in a University affiliated private hospital. The study included 135 patients with repeated implantation failure who underwent single, autologous euploid ERA adjusted and non-adjusted FET. Patients were stratified into three groups, patients with receptive endometrium based on the ERA test, patients with non-receptive endometrium based on the ERA test and patients who did not receive the ERA test (control group). The three groups were compared in terms of FET outcomes. Results: Of 135 patients, 73 had the ERA test results available and 62 did not have the ERA test. Of 73 patients, 28 had non-receptive endometrium and 45 had receptive endometrium. The three groups are all the same in terms of age, body mass index, type of infertility, duration of infertility, number of previously embryo transfers and infertility causes (p > 0.05). Live birth rates were 46%, 50% and 51% for receptive, non-receptive and control groups, respectively (p > 0.05). Implantation and clinical pregnancy rates were similar between the groups, as well. Conclusions: Adjusting the embryo transfer day according to the ERA test results seems to improve FET outcomes in patients with repeated implantation failure.

Keywords
endometrial receptivity assay (ERA)
intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
in vitro fertilization (IVF)
repeated implantation failure (RIF)
window of implantation
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