Sugar swings may sway IVF success – new study investigates
NCT ID NCT06863337
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study watches blood sugar levels in 100 women getting fertility treatments like IVF. Participants wear a continuous glucose monitor to track sugar changes. The goal is to see if these changes affect pregnancy results. This is an observation-only study, not a treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Informed consent and voluntary participation in this study; 2. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤40 years old; 3. Infertile patients who will undergo their first or second cycle of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) at the study center; 4. The chosen ovulation promotion regimens is the GnRH antagonist regimen/progesterone-promoting ovulation under hyperprogesterone state (PPOS) regimen. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Recent infections (excluding viral infections of the reproductive system such as HPV); 2. Recent glucocorticoid treatment or chemotherapy; 3. Clinical conditions affecting the outcome of assisted reproduction, including repeated implantation failure, recurrent spontaneous abortion, history of unilateral oophorectomy, uterine malformations, and parental karyotype abnormalities; 4. Participants were unable to tolerate tape adhesive around sensor placement area, or with medically documented allergy towards the adhesive (glue) of plasters, or with serious skin diseases (e.g. psoriasis vulgaris, bacterial skin diseases) around sensor placement area.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200233, China
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