Fertility follow-up: what drives couples to try for a second child?
NCT ID NCT07458165
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at over 5,800 couples who had a first baby through fertility treatment at an Italian clinic. Researchers wanted to see how many came back for more treatment to have a second or third child, and what factors—like age or frozen embryos—affected that decision. The goal is to better understand family-building patterns after assisted reproduction.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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5,852 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2010
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
The study included all couples who underwent and completed ART cycles and achieved a first live birth between January 2010 and December 2020, who subsequently returned for new attempts, and met the following inclusion criteria: being a heterosexual couple with maternal age between 18 and 43 years, having complete clinical and demographic data available in the internal database, and having follow-up information up to December 2024
- Ages
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18 to 43 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Copules underwent ART treatment at the Humanitas Fertility Center (Rozzano, Milan) * Copules achieved a first clinical pregnancy resulting from ART between January 2010 and December 2020 * heterosexual couples in which the maternal age was between 18 and 43 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Couples who did not meet the inclusion criteria * ART cycles involving preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) * Use of donor gametes (oocyte or sperm donation)
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