Recruiting
Phase 3

Fertilo vs. Medicult

Sponsor:

Gameto, Inc.

Code:

NCT06858111

Conditions

In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18 - 35

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Fertilo

Medicult IVM

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using Fertilo for In vitro maturation (IVM) in participants 18-35 years of age. The main question it aims to answer is whether the use of Fertilo is superior to using Medicult IVM for In vitro maturation.

Researchers will compare the number of ongoing pregnancies at 12 weeks gestation for participants in each arm.

  • Arm 1 participants will have all cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs), or eggs surrounded by helper cells, cultured in Fertilo for 30 hours.
  • Arm 2 participants will have all cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs), or eggs surrounded by helper cells, cultured in Medicult IVM for 30 hours.

Conditions

In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes

Study ID

NCT06858111

Start date

Apr 17, 2025

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Jan, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18 - 35

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Written informed consent.
2. Premenopausal, Age 18-35.
3. Body mass index (BMI) 21-40.
4. Candidate for IVF according to the ASRM definition (infertile for ≥12 months, require the use of donor sperm, or the inability to achieve a successful pregnancy based on a patient's medical, sexual, and reproductive history, age, physical findings, diagnostic testing, or any combination of those factors).
5. No contraindications to the use of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) or gonadotropins.
6. Plan to use embryos for transfer within 2 months of blastocyst cryopreservation.
7. Anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) ≥ 3 ng/mL within 6 months of Screening/Visit 1 or assessed at the screening visit.
8. Normal uterine cavity as assessed by hysteroscopy, hysterosalpingography or sonohysterography within 12 months of Screening/Visit 1 or assessed at the screening visit.
9. Having adequate visualization of both ovaries, without evidence of significant abnormality/pathology or major cyst documented by transvaginal ultrasound within 3 months of screening or assessed during screening period.
10. No endometriosis of American Fertility Society (AFS) grade 3 or 4 or presence of endometrioma.
11. Minimum of 1 month without treatment with either clomiphene citrate, GnRH agonist or gonadotropins prior to start of ovarian stimulation.
12. Have a male partner with semen analysis within the past 12 months prior to randomization considered adequate to proceed with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) according to the center's standard practice. If this criterion is not met, the subject can only be entered if donor sperm will be used.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of recurrent pregnancy loss (defined as >2 clinical pregnancies without live birth).
2. Baseline prolactin levels greater than 30 ng/ml
3. Male: requirement for retrograde ejaculation procedures or surgical sperm retrievals.
4. Any clinically relevant pathology that in the judgment of the investigator could impair embryo implantation or pregnancy continuation.
5. Use of preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) of oocytes, embryos, or transferred blastocysts during participation in the study.
6. Use of donated oocytes, embryos or blastocysts for this treatment cycle while participating in the study or use of oocytes, embryos, or blastocysts from a previous treatment cycle.
7. Participation in a concurrent clinical trial or in another investigational drug trial within the past 2 months.

Study Design

Enrollment

500 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Fertilo

Immature cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) are oocytes surrounded by cumulus cells that have not yet matured. The COCs are cultured in Fertilo coculture condition then fertilized, grown to the blastocyst stage, vitrified, and later transferred for reproductive purpose.

active comparator: Medicult IVM®

Immature COCs are cultured in the standard IVM system MediCult IVM® then fertilized, grown to the blastocyst stage, vitrified, and later transferred for reproductive purpose.

Interventions

Fertilo

Fertilo is an engineered line of ovarian support cells that aid egg maturation.

Medicult IVM

MediCult IVM is a system of culture media designed for the in vitro maturation of immature oocytes.

Primary outcome measure

  • Demonstration of the superiority of Fertilo compared to the currently approved MediCult IVM® for infertility treatment via IVF procedures. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks gestation ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Women's Specialty & Fertility Center

Recruiting

Clovis, California, United States, 93611

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Howard Synn, MD

HRC Fertility

Recruiting

Encino, California, United States, 91436

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Robert Boostanfar, MD

Florida Fertility Institute

Recruiting

Clearwater, Florida, United States, 33759

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mark Sanchez, MD

IVF Florida

Recruiting

Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States, 33026

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Luis Hoyos, MD

Shady Grove Fertility

Recruiting

Rockville, Maryland, United States, 20850

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kate Devine, MD

Columbia University Fertility Center

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10019

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Eric Forman, MD

Reach Fertility

Recruiting

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28207

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jack Crain, MD

Conceptions Fertility

Recruiting

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27607

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

John Park, MD

Aspire Fertility Dallas

Recruiting

Addison, Texas, United States, 75001

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Christine Mansfield, MD

Aspire Fertility Austin

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78705

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Angela Kelley, MD

Care Fertility

Recruiting

Bedford, Texas, United States, 76022

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Doody, MD

Dallas Fort Worth Fertility Associates

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Samuel Chantilis, MD

Aspire Fertility San Antonio

Recruiting

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78528

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jennifer Knudtson, MD

Shady Grove Houston

Recruiting

Webster, Texas, United States, 77598

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Vicki Schnell, MD

Utah Fertility Center

Recruiting

Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States, 84062

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Shawn Gurtcheff, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Gameto, Inc.

Last update posted

Sep 2, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Keywords

  • IVF
  • IVM
  • In Vitro Fertilization
  • Fertilo
  • Gameto
  • infertility
  • fertility

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Gameto, Inc. on 2026-09-02.