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ArticleF&S reports2025

Impact of follicle size before luteal progesterone supplementation on clinical outcomes of modified natural cycle single frozen embryo transfer.

Shahryar K Kavoussi, Shu-Hung Chen, Negar Farzaneh, Arya Farahi, Romtin Mehrabani-Farsi, Kenneth I Aston, Justin Chen, Parviz K Kavoussi

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shahryar K KavoussiAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, Texas.
Shu-Hung ChenAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, Texas.
Negar FarzanehDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Arya FarahiDepartment of Statistics and Data Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Romtin Mehrabani-FarsiAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, Texas.
Kenneth I AstonAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, Texas.
Justin ChenAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, Texas.
Parviz K KavoussiAustin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF, Austin, Texas.

Funding

CTSA K12 Program at the University of MichiganK12TR004374 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI VICKI L ELLINGROD, Leah Elizabeth Robinson · 2023 to 2026
$6.5M
NCATS NIH HHS K12 TR004374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether follicle size at midcycle transvaginal sonography imaging before luteal progesterone supplementation predicts modified natural cycle single frozen embryo transfer (mNC-SFET) outcomes. Design: Retrospective chart review. Subjects: Frozen embryo transfer charts were reviewed. After inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, data were abstracted from cases of mNC-SFET (n = 115). Exposure: For group A, lead follicle measuring <16 mm on day of trigger or peak +ovulation predictor kit (n = 50), and for group B, lead follicle measuring ≥16 mm on day of trigger or peak +ovulation predictor kit (n = 65). Main Outcome Measures: Follicle size analyzed as possible predictor of primary outcome ongoing pregnancy rate (OPR) as well as secondary outcomes implantation rate (IR), clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), and spontaneous abortion (SAB) rate via bivariate associations and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: Bivariate analyses showed no differences between groups in OPR (A, 48.0%, 24/50, and B, 44.6 %, 29/65), IR (A, 64.0%, 32/50, and B, 61.5%, 40/65), CPR (A, 58.0%, 29/50, and B, 52.3%, 34/65), and SAB rates (A, 25.0%, 8/32, and B, 27.5%, 11/40). Multivariate analysis to investigate potential confounding between lead follicle size and outcomes of interest showed no difference in the primary and secondary outcomes. Furthermore, multivariate analyses using lead follicle size as a continuous variable showed no difference in outcomes. Conclusion: In normo-ovulatory women undergoing mNC-SFET with natural endometrial preparation with human chorionic gonadotropin trigger or luteinizing hormone surge to time frozen embryo transfer, lead follicle size before luteal phase supplementation does not impact clinical outcomes such as IR, CPR, SAB rate, or OPR.

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FETfollicleFollicle sizefrozen embryo transfermodified natural

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PMID40201096
PMCPMC11973811

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