Robot takes over sperm injection in IVF lab trial
NCT ID NCT06074835
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a robotic assistant to automate key steps in the IVF lab, such as preparing sperm and eggs, injecting sperm into eggs (ICSI), and freezing embryos. Researchers compared the robot's performance to standard manual methods using eggs and embryos from 42 couples undergoing fertility treatment. The goal was to see if automation could make lab work more efficient and consistent, not necessarily to improve pregnancy rates.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Robotic assistant device for gamete preparation, ICSI, embryo culture, and vitrification
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to more consistent and efficient IVF lab procedures, potentially reducing costs and easing the workload for embryologists.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early proof-of-concept study with only 42 participants. It focuses on lab automation feasibility, not on improving pregnancy or live birth rates, so benefits for patients are uncertain.
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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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42 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Medical indication to perform ICSI. * Informed consent signed by the patients before treatment. * Medical indication for the use of autologous or donor oocytes. * Medical indication for the use of autologous or donor sperm. * Motile sperm. Exclusion Criteria: * Recurrent pregnancy loss. * Previous history of total fertilization failure. * Surgical sperm retrieval. * Severe male factor infertility. * Known semen liquefaction problems. * Any other case abnormalities that could potentially reduce success rates according to the criteria of the senior embryologist in charge.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hope Fertility Centre, Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44630, Mexico
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