Sperm Quality in Consecutive Sperm Samples After 4-7 Days and 2 Hours of Sexual Abstinence

Semen Quality Clinical Trial

Official title:

Parameters of Sperm Quality in Consecutive Sperm Samples From Males Partners of Couples Seeking Treatment for Infertility

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02667080
• Other study ID #: N-20140023
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 25, 2016
• Last updated: January 23, 2017
• Start date: April 2014
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Aalborg University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main purpose of the study is to assess to which degree a series of sperm parameters known to be associated with fertilization and implantation potential in artificial reproductive technology (ART) differ in consecutive sperm samples produced after 2-7 days and 2 hours of sexual abstinence in males from couples referring for ART treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 43
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• male age between 18 and 50

• able to understand and read Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• complete azospermia

• significant psychological illness

• significant cardiovascular disease

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Semen Quality

Intervention

Other:
• 2-7 days of Sexual abstinence
2-7 days of Sexual abstinence
• 2 hours of sexual abstinence
2 hours of sexual abstinence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Aalborg University Hospital, Dronninglund Fertility Clinic	Dronninglund

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aalborg University	Aalborg Universitetshospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Routine semen quality assessment	Routine sperm quality check including Morphology, Motility and DNA fragmentation index using both the conventional manual method and computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) systems.	After liquefaction (30-35 minutes after ejaculation)
Secondary	Outcome of ART treatments	assessing and correlating the sperm quality with the results of the ART procedures	up to one year after the sampling