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Bariatric Surgery and Sperm Quality

Bariatric Surgery, Nutrition, and Sperm Quality of Adult Obese Men on Childbearing Age : A Multicentric Cohort Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01842295
Acronym
BARIASPERM
Enrollment
46
Registered
2013-04-29
Start date
2013-02-15
Completion date
2016-03-25
Last updated
2025-09-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Bariatric Surgery, Obesity

Keywords

Obesity, Bariatric surgery, Sperm quality, Fertility

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a bariatric surgery (gastric banding, bypass, sleeve gastrectomy) on several parameters (quality of sperm and others biological parameters, lifestyle, quality of life) involved in fertility of obese adult men.

Detailed description

In order to assess how bariatric surgery may influence their fertility parameters, patients will attend to 3 visits : First visit (inclusion, before surgery) : * Signature of consent * Patient interview (Collection of data on background, treatments, socio-demographic characteristics, social and familial environment, food consumption and habits, tobacco and alcohol use, physical activity, libido and quality of life (surveys)) * Clinical examination and anthropometric assessment (BMI, blood pressure, expired CO) * Blood samples (Metabolic and nutritional plasmatic biomarkers ; Plasmatic oxidative stress biomarkers ; antioxidants micronutrients ; hormones of adiposity and inflammation ; sex hormones ; persistent contaminants) * Sperm sample (sperm count-morphology ; DNA fragmentation ; CASA) Bariatric surgery Second visit (6 month follow-up) * Report of adverse events if any * Surveys * Blood and sperm samples Third visit (12 month follow-up) * Report of adverse events if any * Blood and sperm samples

Interventions

Blood and sperm samples will be done in each visit

Sponsors

URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
CollaboratorOTHER
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Obese men with BMI ≥ 40kg/m² or 35 kg/m² with associated co-morbidities * Selected for bariatric surgery by multidisciplinary team * From 18 to 50 years old included * With a first medical consultation and its results * With their written informed consent to participate in the study * No problem for understanding verbal or written French * An affiliation to social security

Exclusion criteria

* Not candidates for surgery * With non idiopathic alteration of spermatogenesis

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of total spermatozoids (NTS) variation6 months after surgeryComparison before/after surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of total spermatozoids (NTS) variation1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
sperm caracteristics6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
Effect of biological parameters on NTS variation6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery and search of correlation
Evaluation of environmental parameters : physical activity6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
Evaluation of environmental parameters : quality of life6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
Other spermatic parameters : CASA6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
Effect of anthropometric parameters on NTS variation6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery and search of correlation
Evaluation of environmental parameters : tobacco consumption6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
Evaluation of environmental parameters : libido6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery
Other spermatic parameters : DNA fragmentation6 months and 1 year after surgeryComparison before/after surgery

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026