The Determinants of Fertility Preservation in TRANSgender Patients. (FP-TRANS)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Transgender; Fertility Preservation; Transgenderism

Treatments: Behavioral: No intervention.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06074796

2023PI127-413

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is monocentric, retrospective, non-interventional and does not involve human subjects.

The main objective is to compare the profiles of transgender patients who undergo fertility preservation with those who do not.

The secondary objectives are to define the rate of recourse to fertility preservation, determine the proportion of patients wishing to become parents.

Statistical analysis will be carried out with a view to highlighting significant determinants in transgender patients by comparing those who undergo fertility preservation with those who do not.

The data will have been collected during routine consultations as part of the transition process for transgender patients. This is taking place in the reproductive medicine department of the regional university hospital centre in Nancy.

Full description

This study aims to assess the determinants of fertility preservation (FP) among transgender patients at the University Regional Hospital Center (CHRU) of Nancy. The secondary objective was to establish a database to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges related to fertility preservation in the context of a transition project and thus provide more tailored support to transgender patients.

The primary endpoint is the significativity of profiles elements of transgender patients who undergo fertility preservation with those who do not.

It may help the understanding of the determinants of fertility preservation in transgender patients.

We expect to include between 200 and 300 patients. The data will be transcribed onto the anonymised data collection Excel sheet. Statistical analysis of qualitative and quantitative data will be carried out with a view to highlighting significant determinants in transgender patients by comparing those who undergo fertility preservation with those who do not.

The study is monocentric, retrospective, non-interventional and does not involve human subjects. In fact, this research is based on existing data, extracted from patient files in the médifirst software. The data will have been collected during routine consultations as part of the transition process for transgender patients. This is taking place in the reproductive medicine department of the regional university hospital centre in Nancy.

Enrollment: 230 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Transgender patients who consulted the Assisted Reproductive Technology centre of the Nancy Regional University Hospital, between 1st January 2020 and 30th June 2023. The consultations occurred for the start of transition care, for follow-up or for a parenting project for transgender patients.

Exclusion criteria

• minors
• patients under guardianship or under tutelage

Trial design

230 participants in 1 patient group

Transgender patients

Description:

Patients included are transgender patients who have had routine consultations as part of the transition process for transgender patients, done in the reproductive medicine department of the regional university hospital centre in Nancy. Exclusion criteria : minors, patients under guardianship or trusteeship. French laws allow embryo transfer until 45 years for women and sperm reuse up to 60 years for men, so patients older have been excluded.

Treatment:

Behavioral: No intervention.