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A New Website for Australian IVF Patients: 'Evidence-based IVF'

NCT06885151 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1217

Last updated 2025-06-13

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Summary

IVF 'add-ons' are extra procedures, techniques, or medicines offered alongside standard IVF treatments, often marketed to improve success rates. Examples include EmbryoGlue, endometrial scratching, and acupuncture. However, most lack clear evidence of effectiveness or safety. Despite this, over 80% of Australian IVF patients use add-ons, sometimes paying thousands of dollars.

Patients often rely on clinic websites and online forums for information, but these sources frequently exaggerate benefits while omitting information about costs and risks. There is no independent, evidence-based resource in Australia to guide decision-making, a gap recognized by both patients and government reports.

To address this, the investigators developed "Evidence-Based IVF (EBI)," a new website informed by patient decision aid standards, expertise in digital health and risk communication, and co-design sessions with IVF patients and professionals. The investigators now plan to evaluate how well it helps patients understand the evidence base for IVF add-ons.

Conditions

  • IVF
  • IVF Treatment
  • IVF-ET
  • IVF/ICSI

Interventions

OTHER

Evidence-based IVF website content

The Evidence-based IVF website has been developed through a robust co-design process with IVF patients and clinicians, and the information about effectiveness and safety of add-ons was produced following established systematic review methodology of Cochrane (including risk of bias, GRADE, and TRACT assessment). They will view information about one of the following IVF add-ons: Endometrial receptivity array (ERA test), EmbryoGlue, or intralipid.

OTHER

Control

Participants will view information that has been generated by combining information from the top 3 websites retrieved on Google search of the add-on name. They will view information about one of the following IVF add-ons: Endometrial receptivity array (ERA test), EmbryoGlue, or intralipid.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-19
Primary Completion
2025-04-06
Completion
2025-04-06

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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