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Trial reportThe Pan African medical journal2022

Effect of intrauterine administration of human chorionic gonadotropin one day before fresh blastocyst transfer on clinical outcomes: a quasi-experimental study.

Henda Mustapha, Marwa Lahimer, Mehdi Makni, Imene Bannour, Ons Kaabia, Mouna Derouich, Mohamed Aymen Ferjaoui, Ramzi Arfaoui, Monia Zaouali, Mounir Ajina

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Trial report in The Pan African medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Henda MustaphaUnit of Reproductive Medicine, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Marwa LahimerUnit of Reproductive Medicine, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Mehdi MakniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Imene BannourDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Ons KaabiaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Mouna DerouichDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Mohamed Aymen FerjaouiDepartment B of Gynecologic Surgery, Maternity Center, Tunis, Tunisia.
Ramzi ArfaouiDepartment of Maternity, Military Hospital of Instruction, Tunis, Tunisia.
Monia ZaoualiLaboratory of Physiology and Functional Exploration, Faculty of Medicine, Sousse, Tunisia.
Mounir AjinaUnit of Reproductive Medicine, Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Hôpital Farhat Hached · TNUniversity of Sousse · TN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: embryo implantation is a crucial step for assisted reproductive technology (ART) achievement. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is one of the main regulators of the implantation process. Studies focusing on the impact of intrauterine hCG infusion at the time of embryo transfer on clinical ART outcomes have shown controversial results, mainly at blastocyst stage. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether intrauterine hCG infusion one day before human blastocyst transfer in fresh invitro fertilization (IVF) cycles enhances implantation and pregnancy rates. Methods: a total of 174 subfertile women undergoing autologous fresh blastocyst transfer were enrolled in this randomized prospective study. Patients were randomly divided into three groups; group 1 (n = 54) and group 2 (n = 59) received an intrauterine injection of respectively 500 IU and 1000 IU of hCG one day before blastocyst transfer and the control group (n= 61) did not receive any intrauterine injection. The pregnancy and implantation rates were compared between the three study groups. Results: significant difference was found between the study groups. The bio chemical pregnancy rates were 25.9%, 30.5% and 29.5%, the clinical pregnancy rates were 24.1%, 27.1% and 27.9% and the implantation rates were 14.9%, 17.9% and 18.7% respectively in group 1,2 and control group. Conclusion: our results have shown that clinical outcomes in fresh IVF cycles cannot be improved through intrauterine hCG administration one day prior to blastocyst transfer, neither with 500 IU of hCG nor with a higher dose of 1000 IU of hCG.

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Chorionic GonadotropinEmbryo TransferEmbryo ImplantationFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy RateProspective StudiesChorionic Gonadotropinblastocyst transferclinical outcomesHuman chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)implantationintrauterine administrationIVF

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PMID35910056
PMCPMC9288121
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