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- Title
Luteal estradiol pre-treatment coordinates follicular growth during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with GnRH antagonists.
- Authors
Renato Fanchin; Laurent Salomon; Altina Castelo-Branco; François Olivennes; Nelly Frydman; René Frydman
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether luteal estradiol (E<inf>2</inf>) administration reduces follicular size discrepancies and enhances ovarian response in recombinant FSH (r-FSH)/GnRH antagonist protocols. METHODS: We studied prospectively 90 IVF-embryo transfer (ET) candidates who were randomly pre-treated with 17β-E<inf>2</inf> (4 mg/day) from day 20 until next cycle day 2 (E<inf>2</inf> group, n = 47) or served as controls (control group, n = 43). On day 3, all women started r-FSH treatment. A single 3 mg dose of GnRH antagonist was administered eventually according to follicular maturation. Outcome measures were magnitude of size discrepancy of growing follicles on day 8 of r-FSH treatment and number of follicles ≥16 mm in diameter on the day of HCG. RESULTS: On day 8, follicles were smaller (9.9 ± 2.5 versus 10.9 ± 3.4 mm, P < 0.001) and their size discrepancies attenuated (P < 0.001) in the E<inf>2</inf> group compared with the control group. This was associated with more ≥16 mm follicles, mature oocytes and embryos in the E<inf>2</inf> group. CONCLUSIONS: Luteal E<inf>2</inf> administration reduces the pace of growth, improves size homogeneity of antral follicles on day 8 of r-FSH treatment and increases the number of follicles reaching maturation at once. Coordination of follicular development optimizes ovarian response to r-FSH/GnRH antagonist protocols and may constitute an attractive approach to improving their outcome.
- Publication
Human Reproduction, 2003, Vol 18, Issue 12, p2698
- ISSN
0268-1161
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1093/humrep/deg516