# r-hLIF for Improving Embryo Implantation in IVF

> **NCT00504530** · PHASE1,PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany** · enrollment: 50 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Infertility Implantation Failure

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Emfilermin, recombinant human leukemia inhibitory factor (r-hLIF)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00504530
- **Lead sponsor:** Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE1,PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2001-09
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2002-04
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00504530

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00504530, "r-hLIF for Improving Embryo Implantation in IVF". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00504530. Licensed CC0.

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