NCT01952795

Effect of Hypocaloric Diet and Exercise in Obese Women Who Are Subjected to IVF Cycle

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of diet and physical exercise program on pregnancy rate and live birth in obese women who undergo an IVF cycle.

Detailed description

The objective of this study is showing that obesity significantly affects the in vitro fertilization cycles lowering the reproductive capacity. The study is been performed in Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Fundació Puigvert of Barcelona. Patients recluted are obese women with sterility problems that require in vitro fertilization (IVF) with a body mass index BMI between 30-35. It´s a randomised study in which half of the patients undergo to a 6 weeks program of diet and exercice. We will analyse the response to ovaric stimulation, the results of the egg retrieval (ovocyte number and quality), rates of fecundation, embryo implantation and clinical gestation.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Diet and exercise	Total caloric intake aimed at maintaining a diet with\> 50% of the caloric content in the form of carbohydrates, less than 10% in the form of saturated fats and 20% from monounsaturated / polyunsaturated (if applicable, up to 25% fat monounsaturated), less than 300 mg / day of dietary cholesterol and about 1.0 g of protein / kg ideal body weight / day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-04-01
• First posted: 2013-09-30
• Last updated: 2017-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain