Kate Brian

ORCID: 0000-0002-1583-0416 · 4 papers in corpus
other 2026
Predicting natural conception leading to live birth for couples with infertility: a single-centre population-based cohort study of 7086 couples
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoag056

STUDY QUESTION: Can a model be developed to predict natural conception leading to live birth over a period of 12 months in couples with different causes of infertility? SUMMARY ANSWER: We developed and validated a novel clinical prediction…

rct 2022
Endometrial scratch to increase live birth rates in women undergoing first-time in vitro fertilisation: RCT and systematic review
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) ·doi:10.3310/JNZT9406

BACKGROUND: In vitro fertilisation is a widely used reproductive technique that can be undertaken with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The endometrial scratch procedure is an in vitro fertilisation 'add-on' that is sometimes pr…

article 2020
Surgery for women with endometrioma prior to in vitro fertilisation: proposal for a feasible multicentre randomised clinical trial in the UK
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoaa012

STUDY QUESTION: Is it feasible to undertake a randomised controlled trial to establish whether surgical removal of endometrioma or not, improves live birth rates from IVF? SUMMARY ANSWER: A randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing surger…

article 2018
Induced endometrial trauma (endometrial scratch) in the mid-luteal menstrual cycle phase preceding first cycle IVF/ICSI versus usual IVF/ICSI therapy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020755

INTRODUCTION: Endometrial trauma commonly known as endometrial scratch (ES) has been shown to improve pregnancy rates in women with a history of repeated implantation failure undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), with or without intracyt…