A Cleveland Clinic research trial was the first in the United States to offer uterus transplant to women suffering from uterine factor infertility (UFI). These women cannot carry a pregnancy. They were born without a uterus or have lost their uterus. Since Cleveland Clinic began the clinical trial, the team has completed eight uterus transplants; six transplants were technically successful, with four livebirths thus far. Currently, two women are awaiting embryo transfers, while other candidates are listed for transplant.

Cleveland Clinic’s clinical trial milestones:

• Became the first in North America to deliver a baby from a deceased-donor uterine transplant in 2019.
• Performed their first embryo transfer in a uterus recipient, resulting in pregnancy in 2018.
• Performed the nation’s first uterus transplant on Feb. 24, 2016, which was removed on March 9, 2016 due to a candida infection.