Seminal Fluid's Changes Over 20 Years

April 15, 2020 updated by: Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Seminal Fluid's Changes Over Time: a Single Center 20 Years Experience

This is a cohort study including all the first seminal exams performed at the Fertility Center, Humanitas Research Hospital (Rozzano, Milan) between January 1998 and December 2018.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to evaluate retrospectively different changes of TPMSC during last 20 years in male population who underwent a seminal exam in our Center

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

24395

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Male population who underwent a seminal exam in a tertial fertility care center

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • male over 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

  • error in birth or exam date or age under 18,
  • abstinence days < 3 or > 6, volume missing o > 10 ml,
  • spermatozoa number/ ml missing o >220 x106,
  • normal forms missing,
  • progressive motility missing

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
sperm count over time
observation
total progressive sperm motile count

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mesaurement of changes of sperm count over time
Time Frame: 20 years
The objective of this study is to evaluate retrospectively different changes of TPMSC during last 20 years in male population who underwent a seminal exam in a tertial fertility care center, regardless of infertility diagnosis.
20 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 1999

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

April 16, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 16, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 15, 2020

Last Verified

January 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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