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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on November 15, 2006
Human Reproduction 2007 22(3):772-777; doi:10.1093/humrep/del422
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Safety of sperm washing and ART outcome in 741 HIV-1-serodiscordant couples

V. Savasi1, E. Ferrazzi, C. Lanzani, M. Oneta, B. Parrilla and T. Persico

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sacco Clinical Sciences Institute, University of Milan Medical School, Milan, Italy

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sacco Clinical Sciences Institute, University of Milan Medical School, Via GB Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy. E-mail: valeria.savasi{at}unimi.it

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the safety of sperm washing and assisted reproduction technique (ART) outcome offered to serodiscordant couples with a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-positive male. METHODS: Sperm washing was performed and checked by RT–PCR on each semen sample before its fresh usage. Intrauterine insemination (IUI) or IFV/ICSI was offered according to fertility profile of each couple. Non-infected women underwent HIV testing 2 weeks before each procedure and for up to 6 months after. RESULTS: Seven hundred and forty-one couples entered the study of a possible 2011 serodiscordant couples counselled over 4 years. Superovulation and IUI were performed in 581 couples, where the pregnancy rate per cycle and pregnancy rate per couple were 19 and 78%, respectively, with multiple pregnancy rate being 4%. One hundred and sixty couples were treated by IVF/ICSI, where pregnancy rate per cycle and per couple were 22 and 41%, respectively, with multiple pregnancy rate being 10%. All female partners were still HIV-1 negative at follow-up. CONCLUSION: Sperm washing within a programme of reproductive counselling was proved to be safe in this large series of serodiscordant couples. The overall pregnancy rate (70.3%), independent of the procedure used (IUI or IVF/ICSI), justifies the effort of the medical team in setting up and implementing dedicated centres and of the individual patient in seeking a safe pregnancy.

Key words: ART/HIV/serodiscordant couples/RT–PCR/treatment outcome

Submitted on August 2, 2006; resubmitted on September 19, 2006; accepted on September 27, 2006.


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