As noted in a published study, women who underwent treatment at Clear Passage Physical Therapy before IVF transfer of fresh, non-donor eggs had statistically higher rates of both clinical pregnancy and live birth via subsequent IVF than women who did not undergo Clear Passage therapy. In that study, 67% of embryo transfers after therapy resulted in a pregnancy, and most of those women (79%) had a successful full-term birth. The reasons therapy likely increased these rates is given on our Pre-IVF Therapy page.
During that study, we noticed that we were treating many women who had undergone several IVF cycles, without a single pregnancy. After publication, we decided to revisit the numbers from our published study, to see whether therapy made any difference for the more challenging cases. Women in this sub-set study had to meet two criteria.
- They had never become pregnant via IVF, and
- They had attempted at least two IVF transfers.
Video: A Clear Passage patient shares her experience with multiple failed IVFs. After receiving therapy, her IVF was successful.
While the number of participants in this study sub-set was small (7 women), their histories were significant. Before therapy, these women had undergone 29 attempts to become pregnant via physician-assisted procedures, including 17 IVF and 12 IUI sperm transfers. None of these attempts were successful and the result was 0 pregnancies after these attempts.
Participants then underwent our 20-hour program of therapy, and returned for IVF transfer of their own fresh eggs. We measured success or failure in the first IVF transfer.
Results showed a 71% clinical IVF pregnancy rate for patients who had failed to become pregnant in two or more pre-treatment IVF transfers, and a 57% live birth rate for these above patients. Successes include pregnancy and live birth in a 44-year-old patient who had previously undergone three unsuccessful IVF attempts and also a patient who was 48 at the time she gave birth. Her IVF pregnancy was via (her own) fresh, non-donor eggs and resulted in a healthy live birth – of twins!
While the numbers in this “most challenging” subset study are considered too small to be statistically significant, they are compelling and encouraging for women and couples who have undergone two or more IVF procedures without success. Click here to read our complete study, Reducing IVF Failure Rates with a Manual Physical Therapy Technique.
For more information on our therapy to increase IVF pregnancy rates, visit our Pre-IVF Therapy page.
