5 YEARS OF THE SART CORS IVF DATA REGISTRY: QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT

Abstract

The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System (SART CORS) database contains comprehensive data from more than 90% of all clinics providing ART in the USA (www.sart.org&c=E,1,8W3JWZB32tS_0cbLf-oOH_Ipzvog30tDArO8WiuN5IqwvY9_lV49GdF3J9NCMqgLcgJybrXcDPh8HMriF9h71lTQ7LpZuLpSlXuvORJJqmIgPCqzFaebrBR4axc,&typo=1">http://www.sart.org). The "Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System" database provides ART treatment details starting in 2004 for research purposes, to persons or entities who have agreed to comply with SART research guidelines. Stakeholders rely on these data to quantify the utilization of ART treatments, adverse effects, and reveal key insights through retrospective research questions. Our objective was to review the abstracts generated from 2015-2020 and total peer reviewed publications that used the SART CORS database as a primary data source. We conducted a review by searching Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science to identify studies that used the SART CORS database as a primary data source, from the routinely collected data from ART populations. Two authors reviewed each title and abstract for inclusion. Reviews were excluded. We identified the higher order categories for 161 peer-reviewed publications from 2004-2021 that used SART CORS as a primary data source and quantitative metrics relating to the abstracts and publications. From 2015-2020, 179 abstracts were published in conference proceedings. A total of 576 unique authors were listed on the peer reviewed publications and abstracts.Table 1Higher Order Categories for Peer Reviewed Publications using SART CORS Database as a primary data source.Live Birth - Perinatal Outcomes: 66Implantation to Live Birth: 54Unexplained/Other: 35Preconception: 35Data reporting/policy: 19Maternal Fertility Status: 14Racial/Ethnic: 10Embryo Transfer: 8Maternal BMI/Age: 8Oocyte Donor: 8Preimplantation Genetic Testing: 7Diminished Ovarian Reserve: 6Oncology/Cancer: 6Other: 6Hormones: 5Morphology: 5Underlying Diagnosis: 4Gestational Carrier: 3Male Factor: 3Ovarian Stimulation: 3Sperm Donor: 1Tubal Factors: 1Endometriosis: 1Fertility Preservation: 1 Open table in a new tab Analyzing the frequencies of the higher order groupings reveals insights into major investigative trends and possible gaps, under-studied, under-reported, or underserved areas. A significant body of literature has been generated by mining the SART CORS Database. This review can serve as the basis to further examine impact of publications, wider implications of the findings, including support for abstracts to become full-length peer reviewed publications, and consistency in reporting these data.