The Evaluation of a Preparatory Information Movie on Oocyte Aspiration

NCT ID: NCT03717805

Last Updated: 2024-08-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 155 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-10-29
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-24

Brief Summary

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.

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.

Conditions

Infertility

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

POAM

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

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).

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-Augustinus

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Karen Peeraer, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Locations

GZA Ziekenhuizen campus Sint-Augustinus

Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium

Countries

Belgium

References

Dias L, De Loecker P, Willems S, D'Hooghe TM, Vriens J, Peeraer K, Dancet EAF. A video clip detailing the patient journey on the day of oocyte retrieval in addition to the standard of care: a randomized controlled trial. Hum Reprod. 2025 Apr 1;40(4):664-674. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaf033.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 40056004 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

s61509

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id