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ArticleNature communications2025

Machine learning center-specific models show improved IVF live birth predictions over US national registry-based model.

Mylene W M Yao, Elizabeth T Nguyen, Matthew G Retzloff, L April Gago, John E Nichols, John F Payne, Barry A Ripps, Michael Opsahl, Jeremy Groll, Ronald Beesley and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Mylene W M Yao *R&D Department, Univfy, Los Altos, CA, USA. mylene.yao@univfy.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8381-6149
Elizabeth T Nguyen *R&D Department, Univfy, Los Altos, CA, USA.
Matthew G RetzloffFertility Center of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
L April GagoGago Center for Fertility, Brighton, MI, USA.
John E NicholsPiedmont Reproductive Endocrinology Group, Greenville, SC, USA.
John F PaynePiedmont Reproductive Endocrinology Group, Greenville, SC, USA.
Barry A RippsNewLIFE Fertility, Pensacola, FL, USA.
Michael OpsahlPoma Fertility, Kirkland, WA, USA.
Jeremy GrollSpringCreek Fertility, Dayton, OH, USA.
Ronald BeesleyPoma Fertility, Kirkland, WA, USA.
Gregory NealFertility Center of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Jaye AdamsFertility Center of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Lorie NowakSpringCreek Fertility, Dayton, OH, USA.
Trevor SwansonR&D Department, Univfy, Los Altos, CA, USA.
Xiaocong ChenR&D Department, Univfy, Los Altos, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expanding in vitro fertilization (IVF) access requires improved patient counseling and affordability via cost-success transparency. Clinicians ask how two types of live birth prediction (LBP) models perform: machine learning, center-specific (MLCS) models and the multicenter, US national registry-based model produced by Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). In a retrospective model validation study, we tested whether MLCS performs better than SART using 4635 patients' first-IVF cycle data from 6 centers. MLCS significantly improved minimization of false positives and negatives overall (precision recall area-under-the-curve) and at the 50% LBP threshold (F1 score) compared to SART (p < 0.05). To contextualize, MLCS more appropriately assigned 23% and 11% of all patients to LBP ≥ 50% and LBP ≥ 75% whereas SART gave lower LBPs. Here, we show MLCS improves model metrics relevant for clinical utility - personalizing prognostic counseling and cost-success transparency - and is externally validated. We recommend evaluating MLCS in a larger sample of fertility centers.

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Fertilization in VitroLive BirthMachine LearningAdultFemaleHumansPregnancyRegistriesRetrospective StudiesUnited States

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PMID40246850
PMCPMC12006386

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