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Fertility follow-up: what drives couples to try for a second child?

NCT ID NCT07458165

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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

5,852 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2010

Finished

Dec 2024

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 43 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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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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