Some Women Prematurely Stop IVF Treatments

First Posted: Oct 17, 2013 12:55 PM EDT
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A recent study shows that some women may be prematurely stopping IVF treatments.

According to the study, Celmatix, a biotechnology company that's focused on helping physicians guide patients to treatments that can maximize their personal reproductive potential recently announced via the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), that up to 25 percent of patients may be discontinuing assisted reproductive teharpies such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) early, even when they still have a good chance of having a bay.

The clinical study that involved a data-set of over 6,000 patients from study co-authors of the Reproductive Medicine Associations of New York showed that 68 percent of women conceived within two cycles, and for those that did not conceive within that amount of time, statistics showed that if they had continued with treatments, they would have been able to become pregnant.

"We are excited to have this opportunity to present our research findings at ASRM, especially our finding that most patients who are initially unsuccessful with fertility treatments still have a significant chance of having a baby," Piraye Yurttas Beim, PhD, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Celmatix said, via a press release. "There are so many unanswered questions about why some women struggle with fertility. These questions create difficult decisions for women and their health care providers. Our goal is to offer tools and resources that make this process as informed and evidence ­based as possible."

IVF involves sperm injection in a female egg directly through a lab dish. However, this technique may increase the risk of intellectual disability and autism in infants, according to some reports, and the National Institute of Health shows that each IVF attempt can range from $12,000 to $17,000.

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More information regarding the study can be found via the American society for Reproductive Medicine

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