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Ahmet Erdem1, Mehmet Erdem, Songül Atmaca
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Objective:
To determine the impact of luteal phase support on pregnancy rates in ovarian stimulation and intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles with gonadotropins in couples with unexplained infertility.
Design:
Prospective randomized controlled trial.
Setting:
University-based infertility clinic.
Patient(S):
Two hundred fourteen couples with unexplained infertility who were treated during 427 ovarian stimulation and IUI cycles with recombinant FSH.
Intervention(S):
Patients underwent ovarian stimulation with recombinant FSH combined with IUI. Patients randomized into the study group (n = 109) received luteal phase support in the form of vaginal progesterone gel (Crinone 8% gel). Patients randomized into the control group (n = 105) received no luteal phase support.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Clinical pregnancy and live birth rate per cycle and per patient.
Result(S):
Demographic data were found to be homogeneous between the study and control groups. Clinical pregnancy rates per cycle and per patient were significantly higher in the study group (21.1% and 39.4%, respectively) compared with the control group (12.7% and 23.8%, respectively). Live birth rate per cycle and per patient was also significantly higher in patients with luteal support (17.4% and 35.8%, respectively) compared with control subjects (9.3% and 18.1%, respectively).
Conclusion(S):
Luteal phase support with vaginal progesterone gel significantly affects the success of ovarian stimulation and IUI cycles in patients with unexplained infertility.
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