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  • Reproductive Science
  • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
  • Embryology

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  • Assisted reproductive technologies like IVF are crucial for addressing infertility.
  • Improving oocyte and embryo quality is key to successful IVF outcomes.
  • Older women undergoing IVF often face challenges with lower oocyte and embryo quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of in vitro caffeine supplementation on spindle integrity.
  • To evaluate the effect of caffeine on embryo development and quality during IVF.
  • To assess whether caffeine improves clinical and neonatal outcomes in IVF cycles.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective paired-cohort study involving 704 women aged 35+ undergoing two ICSI cycles.
  • Oocytes were exposed to 1.25 mM caffeine for 4 hours before fertilization in one cycle.
  • Outcomes analyzed included spindle positioning, embryo quality, blastocyst development, euploidy rates, and neonatal data.

Main Results:

  • Caffeine cycles demonstrated significantly higher rates of normal spindle positioning (80.2% vs. 61.2%).
  • Improved embryo quality was observed, with higher rates of high-quality cleavage embryos (63.2% vs. 53.6%) and blastocysts (39.2% vs. 26.1%).
  • Euploidy rates were significantly higher in caffeine-supplemented cycles (22.9% vs. 10.9%), with similar fertilization rates.

Conclusions:

  • Short-term in vitro caffeine exposure may enhance oocyte and embryo competence in older women undergoing IVF.
  • Caffeine presents a simple and practical laboratory intervention to potentially improve IVF success rates.
  • Further prospective multicenter studies are needed to confirm the efficacy and safety of caffeine supplementation in IVF.