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An ART score to note objectively the quality of an ART procedure
Elsa Labrune1, Lionel Mery2, Jacqueline Lornage3
1Université Claude Bernard, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69008 Lyon, France; Inserm U1028, 18 avenue Doyen Lépine, 69675 Bron Cedex, France; Hospice Civil de Lyon, HFME, Biologie de la Reproduction, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France.
Objective:
To construct an ART score to evaluate an ART procedure before the result (pregnancy or not), and to provide objective data in discussions with couples in the decision to discontinue further attempts.
Study Design:
A retrospective multicentrique study was performed. The ART score was constructed using data from the MediFirst© database used in our center. The development of the score was conducted on a sample of 507 in vitro fertilization cycles carried out between January 2011 and July 2011. Model calibration and determination of the discrimination capacity of the ART score were performed with 4463 cycles in our center and 1369 cycles from an external ART center. The ART score was validated temporally and geographically with clinical pregnancy and take home baby rate.
Results:
The ART score was obtained from data from both partners and ART procedure. The ART score was segmented into four classes depending on the clinical pregnancy rate. There was a linear relationship between the ART score and clinical pregnancy rate (r = 1.0, p < 0.001). The ART score was validated temporally and geographically.
Conclusion:
An objective ART score has been constructed and validated. It will be of help to ART teams and it is an objective tool to explain to a couple the choices for the next ART attempt.
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