IVM Survey Among Reproductive Medicine Specialists

Survey of Fertility Specialists' Knowledge of, Experience With, and Attitudes Toward the Use of in Vitro Maturation of Oocytes in Reproductive Medicine

Although IVM as a laboratory technology in reproductive medicine has existed for many decades, there is a lack of well-designed studies comparing the efficiency and the patient satisfaction related to IVM as compared to standard ovarian stimulation for IVF. In view of this, and in order to identify unmet needs of fertility specialists with regard to the application of IVM, the investigator developed the idea of a worldwide web-based survey analysis of fertility specialists' insights and experiences regarding IVM.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: IVM
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey

Detailed Description

The IVM survey will be structured as a series of open questions and multiple-choice questions. In most of the questions, a single answer will be required by participants. A small number of questions will allow multiple answers. The survey will be web-based. Invitations to participate in the survey will be emailed on three occasions to selected fertility specialists worldwide who are affiliated to a public or private fertility clinic. Clinics will be identified based on whether they have worked with IVM previously but stopped, and clinics with appropriate size to offer IVM competence. When no response is obtained from selected fertility specialists, e-mails will be sent to affiliated colleagues working at the same fertility clinic. When analyzing the survey results, care will be taken to analyse the responses per fertility clinic, as responses from different fertility specialists working in the same fertility clinic should be avoided. Results will be analysed using a method that assigns equal weight per clinic and a method that weights clinic responses based on treatment volume (number of IVF cycles).

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 200

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Brussel, Belgium
    • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Fertility specialists around the globe who are affiliated to a public or private fertility clinic. Clinics will be identified based on whether they have worked with IVM previously but stopped, and clinics with appropriate size to offer IVM competence.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• IVF clinics that have worked with IVM previously but stopped
• clinics with appropriate size to offer IVM

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Prospective survey respondents; Invitations to participate in the survey will be emailed on three occasions to selected fertility specialists worldwide who are affiliated to a public or private fertility clinic.	Other: Survey; The IVM survey will be structured as a series of open questions and multiple-choice questions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Name of the measurement: Application of in vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes as a laboratory tool	Measurement tool: questionnaire; unit of measure: % of respondents who use oocyte in vitro maturation in the laboratory;	1 month
Name of the measurement: Appreciation of IVM as a laboratory technique	Measurement tool: questionnaire; unit of measure: % of respondents who believe there is a role for IVM in the ART (assisted reproductive technology ) clinic	1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Name of the measurement: Annual number of egg retrievals for IVM	Measurement tool: questionnaire; unit of measure: number	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
• Collaborators: CooperSurgical Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): July 30, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 31, 2020
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 23, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): July 27, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): May 4, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 3, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: IVM Survey V2 04062020

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