In infertile IVF-ET patients, the cetrorelix protocol produced fewer oocytes than the depot triptorelin protocol.
In plain wordsIn infertile IVF-ET patients, the cetrorelix protocol produced fewer oocytes than the depot triptorelin protocol.
- Peptide
- Cetrorelix
- Outcome
- DecreaseOocytes retrieved
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Depot triptorelin protocol
- Outcome group
- Sex hormones and fertility · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- 3 mg · single doseAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The patients in the cetrorelix group had a lower number of oocytes and embryos.
5 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Multicenter randomized, prospective study.
Infertile patients undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF-ET.
A single dose of 3 mg of cetrorelix (Cetrotide; ASTA Medica, Frankfurt, Germany) (115 patients) was administered in the late follicular phase.
A depot preparation of triptorelin (Decapeptyl; Ipsen-Biotech, Paris, France) was chosen as a control agent (39 patients).
Ovarian stimulation was conducted with hMG (Menogon; Ferring, Kiel, Germany).