Patent ID: 9579305
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61K,A61P

Claim:
1. A method for treating a female undergoing embryo transfer comprising administering to the female an oxytocin receptor antagonist (1) only during a time a) between day 6 following luteinizing hormone (LH) surge (LH+6) and day 9 following LH surge (LH+9) of a natural ovulation cycle; b) between day 6 following human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration (hCG+6) and day 9 following hCG administration (hCG+9) of an induced ovulation cycle; c) between day 6 and day 7 of a luteal phase support following oocyte retrieval; or d) between day 6 and day 9 of a luteal phase support; or (2) only on the day of transfer of an embryo, wherein the transferred embryo is a blastocyst-stage embryo.