Evaluation of the Prevalence of Asthma in a Cohort of Children Born After IVF (Aged 11-15) Compared With a Control Group

NCT ID: NCT02636179

Last Updated: 2015-12-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1792 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-12-31

Study Completion Date

2017-09-30

Brief Summary

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Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART) are increasingly being used worldwide as a result of fertility decline likely caused by changes in both environment and social behaviour. Considering this large usage, it is important to evaluate the potential risk on the health of children conceived using ART.

According to the literature, children born after ART are more likely to be at higher risk of health problems than spontaneously conceived ones. Interestingly, recent studies suggested an increase of asthma prevalence in children conceived using In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of asthma in school adolescents from a cohort of children born after In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), aged 11-15 years as compared to a control group composed of the same age range spontaneously conceived individuals.

The expected outcome of this study will provide new information regarding these children to ART professionals of and to their own families, by focusing on an age range (between 11 and 15 years) for which very little information is available to date.

Detailed Description

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The methodology is a comparative epidemiological survey, between children from a historical cohort born after intraconjugal In Vitro Fertilization (singleton or twin) aged 11-15 years and a control group recruited in schools after the agreement of Academic Inspection.

Parents of the two groups will be contacted either by phone calls or through written information given in the schools. They will receive the questionnaire and an information letter, once they give their agreement to be a part of the study.

Data collection will be conducted using two anonymous questionnaires. The first questionnaire was built based on items proposed in the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey of the World Health Organization (WHO). The second questionnaire will be sent to parents. It will focus on the pregnancy and it will be used to adjust the analysis.

This study was submitted and approved by an Institutional Review Board in France (Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Méditerranée II) on 11th September 2015.

Conditions

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Asthma

Keywords

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In Vitro Fertilization, follow-up of children

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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448 children

Children aged 11-15 years from a historical cohort born after In Vitro Fertilization or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection at Hospital Saint Joseph of Marseille

Comparative epidemiological survey

Intervention Type OTHER

The method used to select the control group will be the random sampling of eligible schools. It will be defined according to the place of schooling of the historic cohort of children. The children will be matched as close as possible based on sex, age, school class and type of school (public/private).

1344 children

Children aged 11-15 years born spontaneously schooling in the same geographic area as case

Comparative epidemiological survey

Intervention Type OTHER

The method used to select the control group will be the random sampling of eligible schools. It will be defined according to the place of schooling of the historic cohort of children. The children will be matched as close as possible based on sex, age, school class and type of school (public/private).

Interventions

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Comparative epidemiological survey

The method used to select the control group will be the random sampling of eligible schools. It will be defined according to the place of schooling of the historic cohort of children. The children will be matched as close as possible based on sex, age, school class and type of school (public/private).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Case :
* Children conceived by Intraconjugal In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection treatment
* Children aged 11-15 years
* Singleton and twins
* School children
* Control :
* Children born spontaneously (without IVF)
* Children aged 11-15 years
* Children in the same place of schooling of the case

Exclusion Criteria

* Case :
* Children not born by Intraconjugal In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection treatment (donor)
* Children whose parents refuse the participation
* Triplet and more pregnancies
* Children who cannot attend ordinary school
* Children from families where an infant has passed away
* When the participation agreement was not signed
* Control :
* Children whose parents have benefited ART
* When the participation agreement was not signed
* Children whose aged and sex are unknown
* Triplet and more pregnancies
Minimum Eligible Age

11 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital St. Joseph, Marseille, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Pierre Boyer

Head of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Laboratory

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Hôpital Saint Joseph de Marseille

Marseille, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Marie Raffray, MS

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +33 491 80 65 16

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Pierre Boyer, MD

Role: primary

References

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Anzola AB, Pauly V, Geoffroy-Siraudin C, Gervoise-Boyer MJ, Montjean D, Boyer P. The first 50 live births after autologous oocyte vitrification in France. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2015 Dec;32(12):1781-7. doi: 10.1007/s10815-015-0603-2. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26519416 (View on PubMed)

Meddeb L, Boyer M, Pauly V, Tourame P, Rossin B, Pfister B, Boyer P. [Procedure used to follow-up a cohort of IVF children. Interests and limits of tools performed to longitudinal follow up for a monocentric cohort]. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2011 Apr;59(2):97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.respe.2010.11.004. Epub 2011 Mar 22. French.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21429679 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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RCB 2015-A00997-42

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id