Fertility Disorders, Infertility, Female
Conditions
Keywords
low responders
Brief summary
The main objective of this study is to analyze management of Controlled Ovarian Stimulation (COS) protocols in low prognosis patients, secondly to observe the clinical outcomes (Fertilization Rate, Pregnancy Rate, the Ongoing Pregnancy Rate and the Live birth Rate) and the total units of gonadotrophins consume per M2 oocyte retrieved in this subgroup.
Detailed description
Humanitas Fertility Center maintains an external audit anonymized electronic research queries system, exported from a certified only access web database, which at time of this analysis (cycles at December 31th 2016) include 26,883 consecutive fresh non-donors IVF cycles. Patients who underwent these cycles had consented in writing that their medical records could be used for research purposes, as long as the patients' anonymity was protected and confidentiality of the medical record was assured. Since both of these conditions were met, this study has been approved on March 2th 2017 with an expedited review and approval protocol by the center's Institutional Review Board (IRB). At least 2,000 expected low prognosis patients in the Humanitas Fertility Center Database out of 12,545 cycles performed in the period 2010-2015 with completed pregnancy follow-up.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≤ 44 * Body Mass Index; 18 ≤ BMI ≥ 27 * Number of oocytes retrieved ≤ 9 * Cycles performed between January 2010 - December 2015
Exclusion criteria
* Age \> 44 * Number of oocytes retrieved ≥ 10 * Abnormal uterine cavity * Endometriosis III-IV stage or adenomyosis * Testicular spermatozoa PGS (Preimplantation Genetic Screening) cycles
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| induction protocol type | 6 years | number of antagonist and agonist protocols/ total numbers |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fertilization Rate | 6 years | fertilized oocytes/ number of oocytes used |
| Pregnancy Rate | 6 years | number of gestational sacs/ number of embryos transferred |
| Ongoing Pregnancy Rate | 6 years | number of pregnancy \> 20 weeks/ total pregnancies |
| Live Birth Rate | 6 years | number babies born/ total pregnancies |