The First Step is to thoroughly read the information located on this website, particularly the Enrollment Qualifications and FAQs.
The Second Step is to call (800-277-6607 or 703-876-3897) or email microsort@givf.com to schedule a consultation appointment with a MicroSort clinician. Questions you may have regarding participation in the clinical trial can be answered during this initial consultation.
• Consultations can be accomplished by phone or in person. During the consultation, you will have the opportunity to have all of your questions answered.
• Prior to the consultation you should, review the patient information packet. Complete and submit the Medical History form and Patient Registration form located in the attachment documents of the patient information packet. You may submit the completed Registration and Medical History Form by fax to 703-995-4928 or mail to MicroSort, 3015 Williams Dr., Suite 101, Fairfax, VA 22031. The forms must be completed and submitted at least three days prior to the scheduled consultation appointment.
• After the consultation, if you decide to participate, you will be asked to (1) read and sign appropriate documents (informed consent) and (2) have certain infectious disease tests and a semen analysis completed. After all appropriate documents and test results have been received and reviewed by a MicroSort clinician, the couple will be accepted into the clinical trial if appropriate. You can then proceed with one of the treatment options.
The Third Step is to determine which treatment option, listed below, is best for you and your spouse.
IUI Option: The majority of fertile, healthy couples use MicroSort with intrauterine insemination (IUI). After all the necessary paperwork is completed, the couple must come to the MicroSort Clinic in Fairfax, Virginia or Huntington Reproductive Center in Laguna Hills, California for the IUI procedure. IUI procedures are only performed at these two facilities. Monitoring of your cycle for ovulation must occur to determine the best timing for IUI. Monitoring can often be performed using urinary ovulation prediction kits (OPK). Careful monitoring using blood hormone tests and pelvic ultrasound may be recommended to improve the timing of insemination (and pregnancy rate). Monitoring can also be completed with your local OB/GYN or local infertility physician or directly with the Fairfax or Laguna Hills facilities. On the scheduled day of the procedure, the husband will produce a specimen at one of our MicroSort Laboratories (Fairfax or Laguna Hills) in the morning, the sperm will be sorted and the wife will have her IUI done later that same day.
IVF Option:
Option A - Virginia: The couple wants to use a MicroSort sperm separated specimen during an in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment cycle with intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), or Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) testing at the Genetics & IVF Institute (across the street from the MicroSort lab in Fairfax, Virginia). If the wife is over 39 or would otherwise not qualify for the clinical trial, sorted specimens can be used with donor egg cycles if the egg donor is less that 40 years of age. PGD can also be performed alone for gender selection if the couple does not qualify for participation in the MicroSort clinical trial. Patients should call 1-800-552-4363 to make an appointment with one of the infertility physicians. Shared risk money back guarantee programs are available for IVF, PGD and donor egg cycles. Visit the Genetics & IVF Institute's website at www.givf.com for more information.
Option B - California: The couple wants to use MicroSort with IVF/ICSI or PGD at Huntington Reproductive Center (in the same building as the Laguna Hills, California MicroSort lab) please call them at 1-866-472-4483 to schedule an appointment. Visit their website at www.havingbabies.com for more information.
Option C - United States and International sites: If the couple prefers to use a local collaborating infertility physician for their IVF with ICSI cycle, please call their office directly to make a consultation appointment with that facility. MicroSort will work with your local facility so that the semen specimen can be sorted frozen and shipped prior to the start of medication for the IVF cycle. (See using a Local Collaborating Physician)
Donor sperm with IUI or IVF Option: Donor sperm may be utilized with MicroSort sperm sorting if needed. Appropriately screened anonymous semen donor samples from Fairfax Cryobank (adjacent to the MicroSort lab in Fairfax, Virginia) or Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc. (CLI) can be used. Multiple semen vials are usually required in order to obtain an adequate number of total motile sperm. The samples are thawed and the sorting is then performed. The sorted sample can be used for IUI at our Fairfax, Virginia or Laguna Hills, California sites. The sample can be refrozen and shipped for use with ICSI with our collaborators.
The Final Step is to schedule a date and time for the MicroSort sorting procedure. The sorting should be completed prior to starting medications for an IVF cycle. Sort scheduling for an IUI cycle will be determined by the expected time of ovulation. The registration process can take up to several weeks; therefore, we recommend that the patient start the required paperwork and complete the consultations as soon as possible.
