Texting program aims to cut fertility workup time in half
NCT ID NCT07154888
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a text-messaging program that sends reminders and educational videos to people starting fertility testing. The goal is to see if it helps them complete all the required tests faster. About 160 new female patients at Penn Fertility Care will take part, and half will get the texting program while the other half gets standard care.
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Study facts
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- 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 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Female new patients seen at Penn Fertility Care for the workup of infertility * Patients who have yet to complete at least 3 components of the fertility workup, including: 1. Laboratory blood tests 2. Tubal patency testing / uterine cavity assessment (hysterosalpingogram (HSG) or sonohysterogram (Femvue)) 3. Pelvic ultrasound 4. Semen analysis 5. Genetic carrier screening. * Patients must be willing to be randomized to FTF versus standard of care Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Age \<18 years * Patients with no access to texting or unable to engage via a text messaging service * Patients requiring fewer than three components of the infertility work-up * Patients presenting for second opinion with work-up completed * Patients seeking IVF for oocyte cryopreservation, PGT-M, or embryo banking * Non-English speaking
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn Fertility Care
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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