LH Levels May Be Used as an Indicator for the Time of Antagonist Administration in GnRH Antagonist Protocols-A Proof-Of-Concept Study

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Minghui LiuYuan Li

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether circulating LH levels could be used as an indicator for the timing of antagonist addition in GnRH antagonist protocol. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: University-based hospital. Patients: A total of 567 women stimulated with recombinant FSH monotherapy in a GnRH antagonist protocol were studied. Among them, 256 patients showed relatively low LH levels [highest LH level (LHmax) < 4 IU/L] during the entire ovarian stimulation process; 88 (Group A) and 168 patients (Group B) were stimulated without and with antagonist co-treatment, respectively. The remaining 311 patients had LHmax≥4 IU/L and were stimulated with a modified flexible antagonist protocol based on LH levels (Group C). Intervention(s): Patients in Group B and C received antagonist during ovarian stimulation, whereas patients in Group A did not. Main outcome measure: Clinical pregnancy rate and ongoing pregnancy rate. Results: The clinical and ongoing pregnancy rates were significantly higher in group A than group B (69.3 vs. 54.7%, P = 0.03 and 62.5 vs. 48.2%, P = 0.04, respectively), but the primary outcome measures did not differ between groups B and C. There were no significant differences in terms of patient demograph...Continue Reading

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