Clinical trials: Spermatozoa
Male Infertility
Study of Sperm Molecular Factors Implicated in Male Fertility
Sperm analysis following World Health Organization guidelines is unable to explain the molecular causes of male infertility when basic sperm parameters are within a normal range and women do not present gynaecological pathology.
- Trial name
- NCT00481403
- Testing
- Microarray analysis, Microarray
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, IVI VALENCIA
Pregnancy
Influence of Sperm With Large Nuclear Vacuole on ICSI Outcomes
Current research on sperm morphology has been directed towards the dysmorphisms of the sperm head. A new technique based on the motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) allows the detection of sperm with large…
- Trial name
- NCT01727947
- Testing
- MSOME
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sapientiae Institute
Oligospermia
Supplement Intake in Infertile Men;the Effect on Sperm Parameters,Fertilization Rate and Embryo Quality
The vitamin,minerals and amino acid supplementation for 3 months will improve the semen parameters,fertilization rate and embryo quality in subfertile men undergoing IVF treatment
- Trial name
- NCT01520584
- Testing
- Vitamale
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Male Infertility
Effect of Antioxidant Probiotic Administration on Seminal Quality and Reproductive Outcomes.
The quality of semen plays a fundamental role in correct fertilization and development of normal embryos that result in a live birth. Unfortunately, semen quality has declined during the last decades, and reduced more and more.
- Trial name
- NCT04585984
- Testing
- Experimental - Probiotic
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundación IVI
Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization
Effect of Antioxydant-enriched Media on Blastocyst Euploidy Rates.
One of the most sensible factors in IVF culture conditions is the susceptibility of gametes and embryos to an induced increase in reactive oxidative species (ROS) caused by the artificial environment.
- Trial name
- GX (NCT06261671)
- Testing
- antioxidants-enriched culture medium (Gx)
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ART Fertility Clinics LLC
Infertility
Study on Influence of Leutinizing Hormone (LH) on Oocyte Maturity
1. Leutinizing hormone (LH) has been demonstrated to exert variable physiological actions during menstrual cycle at appropriate plasma levels' 2.
- Trial name
- LH/M2-Oocyte (NCT01595334)
- Testing
- Cetrorelix, Luprolide Acetate
- Where
- 3 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Cross Fertility Centre
Spermatic Cord Block
Addition of Neostigmine to Levobupivacaine
Using the spermatic cord block has been of great advantage, as it has been cost saving, efficient technique whether used inon its own or combination with a sedative or .
- Trial name
- NCT04492319
- Testing
- Control Test, Neostigmine
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Infertility
Evaluation of SiD's System for Improving Assisted Reproduction Treatments
According to the WHO, infertility affects 15% of reproductive age couples worldwide. Among the assisted reproductive technologies available for patients with infertility, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has become one of…
- Trial name
- NCT05611164
- Testing
- Software assisted selection of individual spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- Where
- 2 sites in Mexico
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IVF 2.0 Limited
Pregnancy, Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
The Effect of a Dual Trigger on Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Reproductive Outcomes
The use of antagonist controlled ovarian stimulation protocols has allowed the use of GnRH agonist to be used for final oocyte maturation.
- Trial name
- NCT01979341
- Testing
- final oocyte maturation trigger
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Antalya IVF
Infertility, Male
Sperm Selection Using Microfluidic Technology
This clinical study has been organised to investigate whether microfluidic technology may be considered as a new procedure for routine sperm preparation during assisted reproduction.
- Trial name
- MSS (NCT04997070)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,038 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CRG UZ Brussel
Infertility
IUI Schedule in Cases of High Progesterone
Intrauterine insemination (IUI) combined with ovarian stimulation protocols has become one of the first alternative treatment against infertility, although results in gestational terms are highly variable, ranging between 10% and…
- Trial name
- IAD-P4 (NCT02447588)
- Testing
- IAD at 36 hours, IAD at 24 hours
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IVI Madrid
Healthy
Evaluation Of Sperm Production With Healthy Male Volunteers Receiving Lyrica Or Placebo
This study is being performed as a Phase IV FDA commitment study and is being powered adequately to assess changes in sperm concentration, FSH and testosterone in healthy male subjects treated with pregabalin as compared to…
- Trial name
- NCT00631696
- Testing
- Pregabalin
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.
Semen Analysis, Male Infertility
YO® Smartphone Home Sperm Test Versus Manual Semen Analysis in Egyptian Men
This study compares the YO® Home Sperm Test, a smartphone-based semen testing device, with conventional manual semen analysis performed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 6th edition laboratory manual.
- Trial name
- NCT07880288
- Testing
- YO® Home Sperm Test, Manual Semen Analysis (WHO 6th Edition)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
Infertility
The Role of Massage in Increasing Total Motile Sperm Count of IUI
The purpose of this prospective, randomized study, was to determine if neck and shoulder massage performed within 15 minutes of semen sample collection will increase the semen volume, and therefore increase the total motile sperm…
- Trial name
- NCT01969825
- Testing
- Massage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Sperm Quality
Evaluation of the Effects of Certolizumab Pegol on Semen Quality in Healthy Male Volunteers
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of certolizumab pegol (CZP) on the quality of sperm obtained from healthy male volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT01091220
- Testing
- Certolizumab pegol
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCB Pharma
Diet, Healthy, Body Weight
Diet-Induced Changes in GEnetic Material
This is a pilot study in 10 men to test the hypothesis that perturbations in substrate flux and the circulating metabolic and pro-inflammatory milieus during a high-fat diet paradigm will modulate DNA methylation of genes in…
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Body Weight, Metabolic Disturbance
- Trial name
- DIG 'EM (NCT06252922)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Cylinical Embryo, Oligospermia
Sperm Pathology Samples and Morphokinetics
The embryo kinetics may be a new prognostic factor for choosing the embryos with the highest implantation potential. In order to identify the factors that may affect the rate of embryo cleavage, there are many studies about…
- Trial name
- NCT02155179
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IVI Madrid
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
Pregnancy Rate in Women With Normal Uterine Cavity and Those With Corrected Uterine Lesions in ICSI Cycles
The aim of the current study is to investigate the pregnancy rate in women with normal uterine cavity and those detected or corrected uterine cavitary lesions, assessed by hysteroscopy in ICSI cycles.
- Trial name
- NCT03680690
- Testing
- hysteroscopy
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Fertility, Spermatic Parameters
Cryogenic Preservation of Spermatozoa
The reference technique for the conservation of gametes is storage in liquid nitrogen but new vats of nitrogen vapor (storage over liquid nitrogen) or in dry phase (storage in an insulated compartment of liquid nitrogen in a tank…
- Trial name
- NCT03734120
- Testing
- cryopreservation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Fertilization
Lipidic Differences of Sperm Between Normal and Low Fertilization Patients
Although in vitro fertilization (IVF) involve the use of semen samples, there is little scientific methodology applied when selecting sperm.
- Trial name
- NCT04537481
- Testing
- Lipid extraction
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tang-Du Hospital