RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS
Conditions
Brief summary
In human, 2% of couples experimented Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Currently, while etiological investigations were performed, 40 to 50 % of RPL were unexplained. In animals' studies, several studies have underlined the importance of sperm quality for a normal embryo development. In human, epidemiological studies have demonstrated that several male risk factors have effects on development (male mediated development toxicology). However, few studies have explored sperm DNA fragmentation on embryo development but after in vitro fertilization. In natural pregnancy only rare studies have been performed but with different populations definitions and different methods of sperm exploration. In this context sperm DNA fragmentation exploration appears justified. The present study purpose to conduct a case - control study in order to research paternal role in RPL.
Interventions
20 ml of blood and sperm samples for sperm DNA fragmentation exploration
Sponsors
University Hospital, Toulouse
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Cases: Man from couples with RPL (more than 2 miscarriages) RPL classical etiological exploration negative (unexplained RPL) Healthy voluntaries * Control: Man from couples who have a child after a natural pregnancy obtained in the year following child desire. Healthy voluntaries
Exclusion criteria
* Cases: Etiological exploration of RPL positive Man with chromosomal anomaly * Cases and controls: Ongoing pathology Chemotherapy or radiotherapy history Hyperthermia (fever) in the last three months Pregnancy obtained by assisted reproduction (Inseminations, in vitro fertilization) Women \> 38 year old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sperm DNA fragmentation | baseline | Percentage of sperm with fragmented DNA in both groups |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sperm Volume | baseline | — |
| Sperm pH | baseline | — |
| Sperm aneuploidy | baseline | Percentage of spermatozoa with aneuploidy. |
| sperm concentration of round cells | baseline | — |
| percentage of motile and morphologically normal spermatozoa in sperm | baseline | — |
| sperm concentration | baseline | — |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed