01.08.2008 | Adis Drug Profile
Lutropin Alfa
Erschienen in: Drugs | Ausgabe 11/2008
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▲ Lutropin alfa is the first and only recombinant human form of luteinizing hormone (LH) developed for use in the stimulation of follicular development.
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▲ Dose-finding studies revealed a significant dosedependent increase in the rate of optimal follicular development among women with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and profound LH deficiency (<1.2 IU/L) who received subcutaneous lutropin alfa 0–225 IU/day plus follitropin alfa.
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▲ Similarly, in a double-blind, randomized study, the rate of optimal follicular development was significantly higher in women with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and profound LH deficiency receiving subcutaneous lutropin alfa 75 IU/day plus follitropin alfa than in those receiving placebo plus follitropin alfa.
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▲ Lutropin alfa with follitropin alfa may also be of benefit in certain subgroups of normogonadotropic women (e.g. those with an inadequate response to prior follitropin alfa monotherapy, those aged ≥35 years, and those with profound LH downregulation or who required excessive exogenous follitropin alfa). However, one study in older women (≥35 years) did not show any advantage of lutropin alfa supplementation.
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▲ Once-daily subcutaneous lutropin alfa was generally well tolerated in hypogonadotropic hypogonadal women, with the majority of adverse events being of mild to moderate severity.