Is the suppressive effect of cyproterone acetate on serum anti-Müllerian-hormone levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome stronger than under oral contraceptive pill?

Gynecological Endocrinology : the Official Journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology
Pauline PlouvierDidier Dewailly

Abstract

To compare the suppressive effect of anti-androgen therapy by cyproterone acetate (CPA) and by oral contraceptive pill (OCP) on anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in order to detect a putative direct anti-androgen effect on AMH excess. This is a prospective longitudinal study including 58 women with PCOS between January 2010 and April 2014 at the Lille University Hospital. A total of 47 women with clinical hyperandrogenism were treated by CPA (50 mg/d was administered 20 days out of 28) and 11 women with PCOS but without clinical hyperandrogenism received OCP. Serum AHM levels at baseline were similar in CPA and OCP groups (median [5-95th percentiles]: 60.4 pmol/l [25.1-200.2] versus 58 pmol/l [27.6-100], respectively, p = 0.39). After 3 months of treatment, serum AMH levels decreased significantly by 28% ± 20% and by 22% ± 27% in CPA and OCP groups, respectively. The decrease under both treatments was similar (p = 0.48). That any anti-androgen effect could be observed on AMH in our CPA group in addition to the gonadotropin-suppressing effect suggests that either androgens are not involved in AMH regulation or that they act by interfering with gonadotropin effects on granulosa cells.

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