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Administrative data

NCT number NCT00823004
Other study ID # 1969yazdRCCI
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 1/Phase 2
First received January 14, 2009
Last updated December 20, 2013
Start date June 2008
Est. completion date October 2009

Study information

Verified date December 2013
Source Yazd Research & Clinical Center for Infertility
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Iran: Ministry of Health
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Failure to respond to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) is still a major concern in assisted reproduction and there is no consensus on the ovarian stimulation choice regime for poor responders.

Aim: To evaluate and compare the efficacy of a microdose GnRH agonist flare (MF) and a GnRH antagonist/letrozole (A/L) protocols in poor responders undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Methods: One hundred eighty poor responder patients will be randomized to an ovarian stimulation protocol with either a MF or a letrozole and high dose FSH/hMG and flexible GnRH antagonist protocol.


Description:

All women receive 21 days of an oral contraceptive. A MF protocol will be used for ovarian stimulation in 90 patients. Three days after the last pill, a GnRH-agonist buserelin (Suprefact, Aventis Pharma, Frankfurt, Germany) 50 µg SC twice daily will be initiated and two days after that, recombinant FSH (Gonal-F, Serono, Aubonne, Switzerland) or hMG (Merional, IBSA, Lugano, Switzerland) 300-450 IU/day will be administered. Ninetyty patients will be assigned to an A/L protocol. After oral contraceptive withdrawal bleeding on day 3 of cycle, recombinant FSH or hMG 300-450 IU/day will be initiated and letrozole (Femara, Novartis, East Hanover, NJ) 5 mg/day will be administered for 5 days. When the dominant follicle reached 14 mm in mean diameter, ganirelix acetate (Antagon, Organon, West Orange, NJ) 0.25 mg SC daily will be started.

Patients weill be monitored by serial vaginal ultrasonography and measurement of serum E2 level. When at least two follicles with a mean diameter of 18 mm will be achieved hCG (Pregnyl, Organon, Oss, the Netherlands) 10000 IU will be administered. Cycle cancellation will be considered when fewer than two follicles with normal growth pattern weill be noted.

Oocyte retrieval will be performed 34-36 hours after hCG administration. Conventional IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) will be performed as appropriate. Embryos with 4-6 equally sized blastomers on day 2 with ≤ 20% fragmentation and no multinucleation will be considered top quality embryos. Embryos with 2-6 equally or unequally blastomers with ≤20% fragmentation and no multinucleation will be considered good quality embryos. Embryos will be transferred on day 2 or 3 under ultrasound guidance, with a C.C.D. embryo transfer catheter ( Laboratoire C.C.D., Paris, France). Luteal support with progesterone in oil (Progesterone, Aburaihan Co., Tehran, Iran) 100 mg daily IM will be started on the day of oocyte retrieval.

Serum β-hCG level will be measured 14 days after embryo transfer and a transvaginal ultrasonography will be performed 3 weeks after positive β-hCG for documentation of gestational sac and fetal heart activity. Clinical pregnancy will be considered as the presence of a gestational sac with fetal heart activity.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 120
Est. completion date October 2009
Est. primary completion date February 2009
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- at least one previous failed IVF cycle in which three or fewer follicles with a mean diameter of 16 mm were achieved, and/or

- serum E2 level measured on the day of hCG administration was =500 pg/ml

Exclusion Criteria:

- day 3 serum FSH level =12 mIU/mL

- there is no age limit

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
letrozole
letrozole 5mg/day from day 3 to day 7 of menstrual cycle
oral contraceptive (Marvelone)
oral contraceptive, first 21 days
GnRH agonist (buserelin)
50 µg SC twice daily
recombinant FSH or hMG
recombinant FSH or hMG 300-450 IU/day
ganirelix acetate
GnRH antagonist (ganirelix acetate) when a leading follicle reaches a mean diameter of 14 mm, 0.25 mg per day (Antagon, Organon, West Orange, NJ)

Locations

Country Name City State
Iran, Islamic Republic of Research and clinical center for infertility Yazd

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Yazd Research & Clinical Center for Infertility

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary pregnancy rate 5 weeks Yes
Secondary stimulation outcomes 2 weeks Yes
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