Objective: The objective of this prospective randomised study was to evaluate if there is an improvement in clinical outcomes when assisted hatching (AH) is performed in embryos derived from vitrified/warmed oocytes in an ovum donation programme using egg cryobanking.
Study Design: Sixty oocyte recipients in a donation programme using egg cryobanking were randomly allocated to the assisted hatched (AH, n=30) or control group (n=30). The pregnancy and implantation rates were compared between the groups.
Results: A total of 288 vitrified oocytes were warmed for the 60 recipients. Of the 288 vitrified oocytes, 94.8% survived. All surviving oocytes were sperm injected, and 83.5% underwent fertilisation. There were 172 good-quality embryos selected for transfer. The total pregnancy rate was 40%. The pregnancy rate did not differ between the AH and control groups (43.3% and 33.3%, respectively, p=0.1967), but AH resulted in a higher implantation rate (31.6% vs. 18.4%, p=0.0206).
Conclusion: Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of AH in embryos derived from warmed oocytes. Our results also suggest that oocyte cryopreservation can be considered as a tool for providing highly successful outcomes in an egg donor programme.
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