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| Name | Class |
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| Aalborg University Hospital | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Ejaculate 1 | Active Comparator | Semen sample after 2-7 days of sexual abstinence |
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| Ejaculate 2 | Active Comparator | Semen sample after 2 hours of sexual abstinence |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| 2-7 days of Sexual abstinence | Other | 2-7 days of Sexual abstinence |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| 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) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Outcome of ART treatments | assessing and correlating the sperm quality with the results of the ART procedures | up to one year after the sampling |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ole Bjarane M.D., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D. | Aalborg University Hospital, Gynecology Department | Study Director |
| Hiva Alipour, D.V.M. | Aalborg University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Science and Technology | Principal Investigator |
| Fereshteh Dardmeh, D.V.M. | Aalborg University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Science and Technology | Study Chair |
| Gerhard Van DerHorst, Ph.D. | University of the Western Cape, Capetown, South Africa | Study Chair |
| Christina Hnida, Ph.D. | Aalborg University Hospital, Gynecology Department | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Aalborg University Hospital, Dronninglund Fertility Clinic | Dronninglund | 9330 | Denmark |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012746 | Sexual Abstinence |
| ID | Term |
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| D012725 | Sexual Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| 2 hours of sexual abstinence |
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2 hours of sexual abstinence |
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