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NCT05179993
Detection of Microplastics in Human Granulosa Cells and in the Follicular Fluid of Women Undergoing ICSI Treatment
Conditions: Female Infertility, Environmental Exposure
Sex: Female
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Enrollment: 100
Sponsor: Infertility Treatment Center Dortmund
Location: Infertility treatment center Dortmund Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia
Summary
Plastic products have been used ubiquitously in the modern world for many decades - for example as packaging materials, textile fibers or molded parts. The general use and especially the improper disposal lead to enormous environmental pollution almost everywhere on earth.
Microplastics mainly originate from fragmentation of larger plastic objects or can be produced directly for the use in e.g. cosmetics or industrial dyes.
Microplastics have already been detected in fresh- and seawater, soil, food, but also in human blood and urine. The accumulation of microplastics in ovarian and testicular tissue in humans has not yet been investigated.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* The patients to be included should be ≥18 years of age undergoing an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment. There is no upper limit for patient age.
Exclusion Criteria:
* none
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05179993). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.
