CompletedNot Applicable

Feasibility and Safety of Fasting in Fertility Treatment

Germany34 participantsStarted 2022-01-10

Plain-language summary

This exploratory study investigates fasting as a potential supportive therapy in infertility treatment for women suffering from infertility

Who can participate

Age range25 Years – 45 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women aged 25 to 45 years * Unfulfilled desire to have children \>1 year * declaration of consent * 20 kg/m² ≤ BMI ≤ 40 kg/m² Exclusion Criteria: * Language barriers * Previously known serious mental illness or cognitive impairment * Patients with anatomical/organic damage and proven uterine abnormalities * Eating disorders in the medical history * Serious previous internal diseases * Lack of internet access * No consent to randomisation * Participation in other studies

What they're measuring

Qualitative interview analysis of fasting experience

Timeframe: in time frame of 24 weeks after fasting intervention

pregancy rate

Timeframe: at baseline, after one month, at end of ovulation induction treatment (2-6 months) and 12 months after baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04942457

SponsorCharite University, Berlin, Germany

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-12-20

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