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

Aalborg University43 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Semen Quality

Interventions

2-7 days of Sexual abstinenceOTHER

2-7 days of Sexual abstinence

2 hours of sexual abstinenceOTHER

2 hours of sexual abstinence

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * male age between 18 and 50 * able to understand and read Danish Exclusion Criteria: * complete azospermia * significant psychological illness * significant cardiovascular disease

Locations (1)

Aalborg University Hospital, Dronninglund Fertility Clinic

Dronninglund, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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.

Time frame: After liquefaction (30-35 minutes after ejaculation)

Secondary Outcomes

Outcome of ART treatments

assessing and correlating the sperm quality with the results of the ART procedures

Time frame: up to one year after the sampling

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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