The Evaluation of a Preparatory Information Movie on Oocyte Aspiration (POAM-RCT)

The Evaluation of a Preparatory Information Movie on Oocyte Aspiration: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The Preparatory information on Oocyte Aspiration Movie Randomized Controlled Trial (POAM-RCT) primarily aims to evaluate whether a new preparatory information on oocyte aspiration movie (POAM) decreases the anxiety of women on the day of their first oocyte aspiration for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The control group of this RCT will receive care as usual. The intervention group will additional be given access to a preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration 1-3 days before their oocyte aspiration via a secured link. Women's anxiety will be assessed with the 'State module of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-state)' upon arrival at the fertility clinic on the day of the oocyte aspiration. At the same time other questionnaires will be administered. More specifically, men's anxiety and both partner's infertility specific distress will be assessed. In addition, to these secondary outcomes, clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat and miscarriage will be followed-up 12 weeks after the oocyte aspiration. Finally, treatment delay and treatment discontinuation and long-term clinical outcomes (i.e. live birth from the first fresh embryo transfer, clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat from the frozen embryo transfers of 1st IVF-cycle and the 12-months cumulative clinical pregnancy rates) will be followed-up twelve months after oocyte aspiration. This RCT will include 190 women (and their male partners) treated with a 1st cycle of IVF (with or without ICSI and PGD). Analysis will be according to intention to treat.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Infertility
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: POAM

Detailed Description

Title: The evaluation of a preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration: a Randomized Controlled Trial (POAM-RCT) Study purpose: To evaluate whether the preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration (POAM) decreases the anxiety of ART-couples on the day of their first oocyte aspiration.

Primary outcome: The primary outcome is women's 'state anxiety', which will be assessed with the reliable 'State Trait Anxiety Inventory, state module (STAI-state)' questionnaire upon arrival at the fertility clinic on the day of the oocyte aspiration.

Secondary outcomes: Three secondary patient-reported outcomes will be assessed simultaneously with the primary outcome, upon arrival at the fertility clinic for oocyte aspiration.

First, men's state anxiety will assessed with the STAI-state questionnaire. Second and third, in both women and men, infertility-specific distress will be assessed.

The following two secondary clinical outcomes will be followed-up in all couples 12 weeks after the oocyte aspiration: clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat and miscarriage in case of clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat.

Other outcomes: As a follow-up the following will be extracted from the medical charts of participating couples twelve months after the oocyte aspiration: long-term clinical outcomes (i.e. live birth from the first fresh embryo transfer, clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat from the frozen embryo transfers of 1st IVF-cycle and the 12-months cumulative clinical pregnancy rates) and long-term discontinuation parameters (i.e. censored by their medical doctor to discontinue, IVF-delay or number of untreated cycles within 12 months and IVF-discontinuation or whether or not start a 2nd IVF-cycle was started within 12 months).

Study design: Randomized controlled trial Sample size: 190 couples will be randomized to the intervention or control group Summary of eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria: Couples treated with a 1st cycle of ART (IVF or ICSI; with or without PGD). Couples with a genetic indication for PGD can be included as they are an important patient group and are as likely as infertile patients to experience anxiety when they first come for oocyte retrieval.

Exclusion criterion: Couples going through a subsequent cycle of ART are not eligible as they are not treatment naïve, but already know, from their first cycle, what will happen on the day of oocyte aspiration.

Maximum duration of treatment of a subject: Each couple will participate from their ART-intake until the day of their first oocyte aspiration.

Couples will be asked for informed consent during their ART-intake (i.e. individual or group session with midwife; 1-3 months prior to oocyte aspiration) and will then be randomized to either the intervention group or the control group.

Participating couples of the intervention group will receive care as usual and will watch the preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration (POAM) 1-3 days before their oocyte aspiration. Their gynecologist or midwife will empower them to watch the movie when they call them to plan the oocyte aspiration and will send them the secured link to the movie via email.

Participating couples of the control group will receive care as usual (as will participating couples of the intervention group) and will not get access to the preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration (POAM).

When they arrive at the fertility clinic on the day of oocyte aspiration both partners of participating couples of the intervention and control group will be asked to fill out a questionnaire (5-10 minutes) before any clinical procedures are performed.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 190
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Eline Dancet, PhD; Phone Number: 0032479635711; Email: eline.dancet@kuleuven.be
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Myriam Welkenhuysen, Msc; Phone Number: 00316433544; Email: myriam.welkenhuysen@uzleuven.be

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Antwerpen
    • Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2610
      • Recruiting
      • GZA Ziekenhuizen campus Sint-Augustinus
      • Contact: Louise Dias; Phone Number: 03/443.35.49; Email: louise.dias@gza.be

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

(i) Heterosexual woman and her partner

(ii) Dutch speaking

(iii) Treated with a 1st cycle of IVF (IVF or ICSI; with or without PGD)

Exclusion Criteria:

(i) Having already experienced an IVF-cycle in the same of another clinic

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; Participating couples of the intervention group will receive care as usual and will watch the preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration (POAM) 1-3 days before their oocyte aspiration. Their gynecologist or midwife will empower them to watch the movie when they call them to plan the oocyte aspiration and will send them the secured link to the movie via email.	Other: POAM; The new 5 minutes preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration (POAM) details what couples can expect to happen on the day of oocyte aspiration. More specifically, it describes the patient journey detailing which procedures will happen when and how, in which room, in the presence of their partner or not, and in the presence of which healthcare professionals.
No Intervention: Control group; Participating couples of the control group will receive care as usual (as will participating couples of the intervention group) and will not get access to the preparatory information movie on oocyte aspiration (POAM).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Women's state anxiety	Women's anxiety will be assessed with the 'State Trait Anxiety Inventory, state module (STAI-state; score 20-80, the higher the more anxious)' questionnaire (Spielberger et al, 2015; www.mingarden.com).	Responses on one single assessment of state-anxiety on the day of the oocyte aspiration (1-3 days after the intervention or control condition) will be compared between intervention and control group. No pre-intervention assessment, no change scores.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Men's state anxiety	Men's anxiety will be assessed with the 'State Trait Anxiety Inventory, state module (STAI-state; score 20-80, the higher the more anxious)' questionnaire (Spielberger et al, 2015; www.mingarden.com)	Responses on one single assessment of state-anxiety on the day of the oocyte aspiration (1-3 days after the intervention or control condition) will be compared between intervention and control group. No pre-intervention assessment, no change scores.
Women's infertility specific distress	Women's infertility-specific distress will be assessed with the reliable 'Infertility Distress Scale (IDS; score 8-40 with the higher, the more distress)' (Pook&Krause, Fertil Steril, 2005)	Responses on one single assessment of distress on the day of the oocyte aspiration (1-3 days after the intervention or control condition) will be compared between intervention and control group. No pre-intervention assessment, no change scores.
Men's infertility specific stress	Men's infertility-specific distress will be assessed with the reliable 'Infertility Distress Scale (IDS; score 8-40 with the higher, the more distress)' (Pook&Krause, Fertil Steril, 2005)	Responses on one single assessment of distress on the day of the oocyte aspiration (1-3 days after the intervention or control condition) will be compared between intervention and control group. No pre-intervention assessment, no change scores.
Clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat	A pregnancy diagnosed by ultrasonographic or clinical documentation of at least one fetus with a discernible heartbeat (Zegers-Hochschild et al, Hum Reprod, 2017).	A medium duration after intervention or control condition: 12 weeks after oocyte aspiration
Miscarriage after clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat	A miscarriage after a pregnancy diagnosed by ultrasonographic or clinical documentation of at least one fetus with a discernible heartbeat (Zegers-Hochschild et al, Hum Reprod, 2017).	A medium duration after intervention or control condition: 12 weeks after oocyte aspiration
Live birth from the first fresh embryo transfer	Dichotomous outcome (yes-no), which is achieved if the first fresh embryo transfer results in a live birth. More specifically, the complete expulsion or extraction from a woman of a product of fertilization, after 22 completed weeks of gestational age; which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as heart beat, umbilical cord pulsation or definite movement of voluntary muscles, irrespective of whether the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. A birth weight of 500 grams or more can be used if gestational age is unknown. Live births refer to the individual newborn; for example, a twin delivery represents two live births (Zegers-Hochschild et al, Hum Reprod, 2017).	A long duration after intervention or control condition: One year after oocyte aspiration
Clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat from the frozen embryo transfers of 1st IVF-cycle	Dichotomous outcome (yes-no), which is achieved if at least one clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat is conceived after the transfer of embryos which have been frozen as a result of the first oocyte aspiration (Zegers-Hochschild et al, Hum Reprod, 2017).	A long duration after intervention or control condition: One year after oocyte aspiration
12-months cumulative clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat	Dichotomous outcome (yes-no), which is achieved if at least one clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat is conceived within 12-months after oocyte aspiration	A long duration after intervention or control condition: One year after oocyte aspiration
IVF-delay or number of untreated cycles within 12 months	The number of untreated cycles within 12 months after an unsuccessful oocyte aspiration	A long duration after intervention or control condition: One year after oocyte aspiration
IVF-discontinuation	Dichotomous outcome (yes-no), which is achieved if a couple decides themselves (without censored by their gynaecologist) not to start a second oocyte aspiration within 12 months after their first unsuccessful oocyte aspiration	A long duration after intervention or control condition: One year after oocyte aspiration

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
• Collaborators: GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-Augustinus
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Karen Peeraer, PhD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 29, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 10, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): October 10, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 10, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 23, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 24, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 19, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 18, 2019
• Last Verified: September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Patient-centered care; Patient information
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Infertility
• Other Study ID Numbers: s61509

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No