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ArticleJBRA assisted reproduction2022

Adding Weekly Intramuscular Progesterone to a Twice Daily Vaginal Progesterone Capsule for Luteal Phase Support in IVF/ICSI Cycles Results in Similar Live Birth Rates.

Salwa Gari, Dania Al-Jaroudi

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Article in JBRA assisted reproduction, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Luteal phase support in fresh and frozen embryo transfers.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Salwa GariReproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellow, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Medicine Department, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Specialized Hospital King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dania Al-JaroudiReproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Consultant, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Medicine Department, Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Fahad Medical City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Medical City · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing artificial reproductive treatment (ART) and fresh embryo transfer (ET) who received twice-daily vaginal progesterone capsule (Cyclogest) alone verses twice daily vaginal progesterone capsule (Cyclogest) plus weekly intramuscular Hydroxyprogesterone Capronate (Proluton depot) for luteal phase support.

methodsA retrospective cohort study that included 1162 patients who completed fresh ART/ET cycle from January 2015 to April 2018. Vaginal Cyclogest 400 mg twice daily was given to 985 patients following oocytes retrieval; whereas 177 patients received weekly intramuscular Proluton depot 250 mg in addition to twice-daily Cyclogest. The primary outcome was live birth rate. The secondary outcomes included biochemical pregnancy rate, clinical pregnancy, biochemical, and early and late pregnancy loss.

resultsThere was no difference between the twice-daily vaginal progesterone and the addition of weekly intramuscular progesterone injections to the twice-daily vaginal progesterone regarding a positive pregnancy test (40.5% and 46.9%, respectively, p=0.112). There was no statistical difference in live birth rates between the groups (24% for group one, 26% for group two, p=0.582).

conclusionsThe administration of weekly intramuscular progesterone in addition to twice-daily vaginal progesterone capsule for luteal phase support post ART cycle does not result in higher live birth rate.

Indexed as

Luteal PhaseProgesteroneBirth RateFemaleFertilization in VitroHumansPregnancyRetrospective StudiesSperm Injections, IntracytoplasmicProgesteroneARTintramuscular progesteroneIVFlive birthluteal phase supportvaginal progesterone

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PMID34415122
PMCPMC8769180
OpenAlexW3193702227

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