Erschienen in:
01.09.2012 | Reproductive Medicine
IVF/ICSI outcomes of the OCP plus GnRH agonist protocol versus the OCP plus GnRH antagonist fixed protocol in women with PCOS: a randomized trial
verfasst von:
Bulent Haydardedeoglu, Esra Bulgan Kilicdag, Ayse Huriye Parlakgumus, Hulusi Bulent Zeyneloglu
Erschienen in:
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Ausgabe 3/2012
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Abstract
Objective
To compare the IVF/ICSI outcomes of the long GnRH agonist and the fixed GnRH antagonist protocol in women with PCOS.
Design
Randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Baskent University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Patients
Three hundred women with PCOS.
Interventions
IVF/ICSI following the long GnRH agonist down-regulation or the fixed GnRH antagonist protocols.
Main outcome measures
Ongoing pregnancy rates.
Results
Ongoing pregnancy rates were 36.4 % in the OCP + GnRH agonist group and 35.9 % in the OCP + GnRH antagonist group (p > 0.05). Progesterone levels on the day of hCG (0.76 ± 0.71 vs. 0.58 ± 0.50), endometrial thickness on the day of hCG (11.57 ± 2.50 vs. 10.50 ± 2.01), total gonadotropin used (1388.71 ± 482.39 vs. 1253.25 ± 415.81), and duration of COH (9.07 ± 1.96 vs. 8.39 ± 1.75) were significantly lower in the OCP + GnRH antagonist group.
Conclusion
The OCP + long GnRH agonist and the OCP + fixed GnRH antagonist protocols yield similar ongoing pregnancy rates in women with PCOS. Although this study consisting three hundred patients, seems to be large enough in a single center, we were not able to reach to the actual size of power analysis which was approximately 3,000.