Status:

COMPLETED

Genetic Causes of Male Infertility

Lead Sponsor:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Male Infertility

Eligibility:

MALE

20-45 years

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted at the University Hospital of Lund University in Malmo, Sweden, in collaboration with the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The study will tr...

Detailed Description

It is evident that genetic variation plays a substantial role in the etiology of male infertility. Studies of children fathered through intracytoplasmic sperm injection or ICSI have revealed mutations...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA INFERTILE MEN:
  • Referred to the Scanian Andrology Centre.
  • Age 20-45.
  • Partner age less than 40.
  • Having had regular sexual intercourse without contraception for a year or more without achieving a pregnancy.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA INFERTILE MEN:
  • Klinefelters syndrome.
  • Hypogondotropic hypogonadism.
  • Y-chromosome microdeletion or abnormality.
  • Other genetic cause for infertility.
  • Obstructive azoospermia.
  • Partner with salpingitis.
  • Partner with polycystic ovarian syndrome.
  • Partner with disturbance of ovulation.
  • Partner with endometriosis.
  • History of cancer.
  • History of treatment with cytotoxic drugs, irradiation, or sulfasalazopyrine.
  • History of cryptorchidism.
  • History of mumps orchitis.
  • History of vasectomy.
  • INCLUSION CRITERIA FERTILE MEN:
  • Partner attending Lund University prenatal clinic.
  • Age 20-45.
  • Partner age less than 40.
  • Having fathered one or more pregnancies.
  • Having stopped birth control to achieve present pregnancy.
  • Having achieved present pregnancy in less than 12 months of unprotected intercourse.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA FERTILE MEN:
  • History of cancer.
  • History of treatment with cytotoxic drugs, irradiation, or sulfasalazopyrine.
  • History of cryptorchidism.
  • History of mumps orchitis.
  • Having sought or partner having sought treatment or investigation for fertility.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 2 2003

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 29 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    400 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00341120

    Start Date

    January 2 2003

    End Date

    August 29 2012

    Last Update

    April 5 2018

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    Malmo University Hospital

    Malmo, Sweden