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      Pregnancy And Neonatal Outcomes Of hMG Stimulation With Or Without Letrozole In Endometrial Preparation For Frozen–Thawed Embryo Transfer In Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study

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          Abstract

          Objective

          Frozen–thawed embryo transfer enables surplus embryos derived from IVF or IVF-ICSI treatment to be stored and transferred in subsequent cycles into a more “physiologic environment”. This study aimed to investigate the clinical effect of letrozole use or hMG stimulation on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in ovulatory patients undergoing FET.

          Methods

          This study includes a total of 5901 FET cycles with letrozole use (n = 1569), HMG (n =1827) or letrozole + HMG (n = 2505). In the letrozole group, 2.5 mg of letrozole was administered on menstrual cycle day 3 to 5 for 3 days for patients, and then follicle growth was monitored beginning on day 10. If the follicular diameter was ≥14 mm on the 10th day, no other ovarian stimulation drugs were needed. If the follicular diameter was <14 mm on the 10th day, 150 IU human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) was added to stimulate follicle growth every two days (hMG + letrozole group). In hMG stimulation group, a total of 150 IU of hMG was injected every two days to stimulate development of follicles from cycle day 10 to 12.

          Results

          Compared with the patients undergoing hMG stimulation, the group receiving letrozole or letrozole+HMG stimulation exhibits significantly higher clinical pregnancy rates per transfer (hMG: 47.02% vs letrozole: 52.07% vs letrozole+HMG: 52.26%) and implantation rates (hMG: 31.76% vs letrozole: 34.36% vs letrozole+HMG: 34.24%). In addition, the letrozole group was associated with a statistically significantly lower incidence of miscarriage (hMG: 14.78% vs letrozole: 10.53% vs letrozole+HMG: 14.13%) and ectopic pregnancies (hMG: 1.83% vs letrozole: 0.97% vs letrozole+HMG: 1.58%) than the letrozole + HMG and HMG groups. Neonatal outcomes are similar among the three groups.

          Conclusion

          Our data demonstrate that the letrozole use may improve clinical pregnancy outcomes and decrease the risk of ectopic pregnancies and miscarriage in ovulatory patients who receive FET cycles.

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            The standard therapy for women with unexplained infertility is gonadotropin or clomiphene citrate. Ovarian stimulation with letrozole has been proposed to reduce multiple gestations while maintaining live birth rates.
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                Author and article information

                Journal
                Drug Des Devel Ther
                Drug Des Devel Ther
                DDDT
                dddt
                Drug Design, Development and Therapy
                Dove
                1177-8881
                14 November 2019
                2019
                : 13
                : 3867-3877
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Yanping Kuang; Yun Wang Department of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , 639 Zhizaoju Road, Shanghai200011, People’s Republic of China Email kuangyp1506@sh9hospital.com; Helen_982@126.com
                [*]

                These authors contributed equally to this work

                Article
                212235
                10.2147/DDDT.S212235
                6861551
                5f03c717-b41a-41b7-af43-87f15dce6a0d
                © 2019 Lin et al.

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                History
                : 14 April 2019
                : 02 October 2019
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 5, References: 33, Pages: 11
                Funding
                Funded by: National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809
                Award ID: 81801526
                Award ID: 81801527and 31770989
                Funded by: Shanghai ninth hospital
                Award ID: JYLJ030
                This research was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (81801526, 81801527 and 31770989), Shanghai ninth hospital (JYLJ030).
                Categories
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                Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                frozen–thawed embryo transfer,letrozole,ovulation induction,hmg,clinical efficacy

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