IVF for only $3,500!? Yes, please!

It's hard for me to contain my excitement right now. At the earliest, we were hoping to come up with the cost of another round of IVF ($17,000) by December. Now, we may be able to next month! We found a clinical trial (thanks Sarah!) that gives a complete IVF cycle for only $3,500 including medication, operating room fees and even cryopreservation! Hard to believe, this is a savings of over $13,000!

It's called The Ivy Study. While it's offered nationwide, there is only one clinic in all of California accepting participants. And it happens within driving distance for me, 120 miles round trip. So far, it seems like I meet all of the requirements, and I am in communication with the person in charge of the study at this location. It's being offered through HRC, a center we had a consultation at for our last round and really loved.

Patients Wanted For New Clinical Study at HRC Encino! IVF Cycle Offered for $3,500!

Posted on Thursday, 10 April 2014 in News and Events

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New $3,500 IVF Clinical Study

HRC Fertility Encino has recently initiated screening in a new industry-sponsored clinical research study called the Ivy Study. This study is testing a new follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) treatment called AFOLIA comparing it to the US approved Gonal-f.  We are the only site in Los Angeles County conducting this study.

Each patient in this study would be participating in an ovarian stimulation cycle, similar to a standard  IVF cycle. This study requires frequent visits to the doctor’s office involving procedures such as having blood drawn, pelvic ultrasounds, self-injected medications and egg retrieval to remove eggs for fertilization and embryo transfer. Each patient will receive the same medical care and oversight throughout the study. Each patient may be eligible to complete up to three IVF cycles.

Other more detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria  apply, but to qualify, participants must:

• Be between the ages of 35-42 with an FSH of <15mIU/ml
• Have 10-20 Basal Antral Follicles
• Have regular menstrual cycles
• Be in good general health
• Have not completed three of more fresh IVF cycles

The study drug is free of charge for all participants and the IVF procedure is offered at a lower cost than other options. Patients will be charged $3500 per cycle for operating room fees, anesthesia and one year of cryopreservation. The stimulation medication will be covered by the sponsor which is the vast majority of the expense of IVF cycle medications. The remainder of the medications such as Lupron, ovidrel and crinone need to be purchased by the patient.   Thus the study being sponsored is at a significantly reduced cost to the patient. You can read more detail about the study at www.clinicaltrials.gov

If you are aware of patients that may qualify for this study please contact our study coordinator Samantha at 818-788-7288 x 244 or email her at samanthav@havingbabies.com

Of course I will feel better once I sign the consent and am officially accepted into the study, which could be as early as next week.

To find a participating clinic near you, click here.