Day-2 serum progesterone level and IVF/ICSI outcome: a comparative study

Authors

  • Akshaya Kumar Mahapatro Department of Reproductive Medicine, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
  • Abhishek Radhakrishan Department of Reproductive Medicine, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20171939

Keywords:

Clinical pregnancy, Gonadotrophins GnRH antagonist, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, Live birth, Progesterone

Abstract

Background: Purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro fertilisation outcome in patients having normal or elevated day-2 serum progesterone level undergone IVF by using GnRH antagonist.

Methods: A retrospective study conducted in Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Chennai during January 2013 to March 2014. According to patient’s Day-2 serum progesterone level the total no of cases (N=151) were divided into two groups group-1 (N=116) with progesterone value ≤1.5ng/ml and group-2 (N=35) with progesterone value>1.5ng/ml. Ovarian stimulation was started with recombinant FSH on day 2 and GnRH antagonist injections started from day 6 of stimulation. Total dose of gonadotropins, days of gonadotrophin injections, no of eggs collected, Clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate were compared between two groups.

Results: Two groups were similar with regards to age, BMI, days of gonadotrophins and total doses of gonadotrophins. Incidence of elevated P level was 23.17%. Total pregnancy rate was 36.42%. A non-statistically-significant difference was observed in clinical pregnancy (37.06% vs 34.28%) and live birth (32.75% vs 28.57%) between the normal and elevated progesterone groups.

Conclusions: Elevated day-2 serum progesterone level   was associated with lower clinical pregnancy rate but it was not statistically-significant.

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2017-04-27

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