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Gynecologists' Feedback on ART-Birth Rates

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Infertility
Interventions
Other: Gynecologists' feedback on ART-Birth rates
Other: Control group
Registration Number
NCT04169295
Lead Sponsor
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Brief Summary

The investigators will examine the hypothesis that women who are given their personalized IVF-prognosis are less likely to overestimate their IVF-live birth rate, as compared to women who do not receive a personalized IVF-prognosis.

Control group: At the time of their fresh embryo transfer couples will receive a document with a photo of their transferred embryo(s) and the number of cryopreserved embryos.

Intervention group: At the time of their fresh embryo transfer couples will receive a document with the following feedback: a photo of their transferred embryo, the number of cryopreserved embryos, the quality rating of the transferred embryo's, and couple's personalized IVF-prognosis (i.e. their chance on a live birth from the current IVF-cycle, including the transfer of fresh and if available cryopreserved embryos, calculated by entering eight background characteristics and five IVF-laboratory results into a prognostic model).

Detailed Description

Primary outcome:

The proportion of women expecting their IVF-live birth rate to be double their calculated IVF-prognosis, directly after their fresh embryo transfer.

Secondary outcomes:

The proportion of men expecting their IVF-live birth rate to be double their calculated IVF-prognosis, directly after their fresh embryo transfer.

Women's and men's anxiety will be assessed with the reliable 'State-Anxiety Inventory, (STAI-state)' questionnaire, disseminated in coded paper-pencil format on the day of the fresh embryo transfer.

Patient's infertility-specific distress will be assessed with the reliable 'Infertility Distress Scale (IDS)' questionnaire, within two days of the conclusive pregnancy test after the transfer of the last (fresh or cryopreserved) embryo of the studied IVF-cycle.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
160
Inclusion Criteria
  • Couples treated with a 2nd-6th fresh cycle of IVF (every couple can only participate ones in this study).
Exclusion Criteria
  • Couples treated with:

    • Pre-implantation Genetic Testing (PGT)
    • donated oocytes, sperm or embryos
    • Spermatozoa obtained by testicular extraction
    • HIV-positive diagnosis
    • Embryo transfer on day 2

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention groupGynecologists' feedback on ART-Birth ratesAt the time of their fresh embryo transfer couples will receive a document with the following feedback: a photo of their transferred embryo, the number of cryopreserved embryos, the quality rating of the transferred embryo's, and couple's personalized IVF-prognosis
Control groupControl groupAt the time of their fresh embryo transfer couples will receive a document with a photo of their transferred embryo(s) and the number of cryopreserved embryos.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The proportion of women over-estimating their IVF-live birth ratePatient's expected IVF-live birth rate will be assessed immediately after the fresh embryo transfer with a single question coded paper-pencil questionnaire.

The proportion of women expecting their IVF-live birth rate to be double their calculated IVF-prognosis, directly after their fresh embryo transfer.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The proportion of men over-estimating their IVF-live birth ratePatient's expected IVF-live birth rate will be assessed immediately after the fresh embryo transfer with a single question coded paper-pencil questionnaire.

The proportion of men expecting their IVF-live birth rate to be double their calculated IVF-prognosis, directly after their fresh embryo transfer.

Women's and men's infertility-specific distressInfertility specific distress within 2 days of the conclusive pregnancy test after the the last embryotransfer (fresh or cryo) assessed with the Infertility Distress Scale (IDS; 8-40; the higher the more infertility specific distress)

Women's and men's infertility-specific distress will be assessed with the reliable 'Infertility Distress Scale (IDS)' questionnaire, disseminated via text message and online

Women's and men's anxietyAnxious feelings immediately after the fresh embryo transfer are assessed with the coded paper-pencil State Trait Anxiety Inventory, state module (STAI-state; 20-80, the higher, the more anxious)

Women's and men's anxiety will be assessed with the reliable STAI-state questionnaire, disseminated in coded paper-pencil format on the day of the fresh embryo transfer.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Leuven University Fertility Center

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Leuven, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium

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