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Trial reportSingapore medical journal2015

Effect of GnRH antagonists on clinical pregnancy rates in ovulation induction protocols with gonadotropins and intrauterine insemination.

Ramazan Dansuk, Ali Ihsan Gonenc, Sinem Sudolmus, Oguz Yucel, Osman Sevket, Nadiye Köroğlu

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Trial report in Singapore medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ramazan DansukDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bezmialem Vakif University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ali Ihsan GonencSuleymaniye Women Health Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sinem SudolmusDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bezmialem Vakif University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Oguz YucelSuleymaniye Women Health Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Osman SevketDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bezmialem Vakif University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nadiye KöroğluDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bezmialem Vakif University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TRZübeyde Hanim Maternity Hospital · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIntrauterine insemination (IUI) after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) was applied to selected infertile patients to determine the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists in IUI cycles, in which recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (rFSH) had been used for COH.

methodsThis study was conducted between April 1, 2009 and June 10, 2009, and involved a total of 108 patients. These patients had primary or secondary infertility, which resulted in an indication for IUI, and they each received two cycles of ovarian stimulation treatment with clomiphene citrate. The patients were randomised into two groups--patients in group A received rFSH + GnRH antagonist (n = 45), while those in group B received only rFSH (n = 63).

resultsThe mean age of the patients was 31.84 ± 3.73 years and the mean body mass index (BMI) was 24.40 ± 1.88 kg/m(2). The mean age and BMI of the patients in groups A and B were not significantly different. There was no significant difference in the mean total rFSH dose administered (988.33 IU in group A and 871.83 IU in group B). When compared to group B, the mean number of follicles that were > 16 mm on the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) trigger day was significantly higher in group A (1.58 and 1.86, respectively; p < 0.05). When the two groups were compared, there were no statistically significant differences in the number of cancelled cycles due to premature luteinisation (none in group A vs. two in group B) and the rate of clinical pregnancy (8.9% in group A vs. 7.9% in group B).

conclusionNo significant improvement in the clinical pregnancy rates was observed when GnRH antagonists were used in COH + IUI cycles, despite the significant increase in the number of follicles that were > 16 mm on HCG trigger day.

Indexed as

AdultBody Mass IndexChorionic GonadotropinClomipheneEndometriumFemaleFollicle Stimulating HormoneGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHormone AntagonistsHumansInfertility, FemaleInsemination, ArtificialOvulation InductionPregnancyPregnancy RateYoung AdultChorionic GonadotropinClomipheneFollicle Stimulating HormoneGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHormone AntagonistsGnRH antagonistintrauterine inseminationovarian stimulationpregnancy rates

Identifiers

PMID25532515
PMCPMC4469855
OpenAlexW2404374948

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