Individualized Treatment from Theory to Practice: The Private Case of Adding LH during GnRH Antagonist-based Stimulation Protocol.

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The study evaluated the proportion of patients whose pituitary glands respond with a sharp decrease in luteinizing hormone (LH) levels when exposed to a conventional dose of 0.25 mg gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist in a prospective, single-center, non-randomized, proof-of-concept study. Fifty women eligible for in vitro fertilization (IVF) received recFSH (Gonal-F) from day 2 or 3 of menstrual period. Basal estradiol, progesterone, and LH were measured on the same day and 4-5 days later-immediately before GnRH antagonist 0.25 mg administration, and 24 hours after its administration. Responders were defined as "normal" if 24 hours after the first GnRH antagonist injection, LH level was ≥50% of the pre-injection level and as "over-suppressed" if it was <50%

SUBMITTER: Kol S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4213184 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature