Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (Sep 2023)

Live Birth Outcomes for PCOS Patients Under the Follicular-Phase Long-Acting GnRH Agonist Protocol or Antagonist Protocol – A Retrospective Chinese Cohort

  • Zhai J,
  • Zhang J,
  • He J,
  • Lv M,
  • Zhang B,
  • Li G,
  • Du Y,
  • Hao G

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 16
pp. 2781 – 2792

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Jiajia Zhai,1 Junyan Zhang,2,3 Jingfang He,3 Minzhi Lv,4,5 Bozheng Zhang,6 Guanqun Li,7 Yuanjie Du,1 Guimin Hao1 1Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China; 2Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy Of Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China; 3Bothwin Clinical Study Consultant, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Biostatistics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 5Center of Evidence-Based Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98053, USA; 7Technoderma Medicines Inc, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Guimin Hao, Email [email protected]: For patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET), there has been no consensus regarding which protocol is the most optimal for live birth rate in fresh cycles. We sought to evaluate depot gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist protocol versus GnRH antagonist protocol in IVF outcomes for PCOS patients in a single fertility center.Methods: In this retrospective cohort, PCOS patients who visited the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University reproductive center between February 2012 and December 2019 were screened, and 533 PCOS infertility patients were included undergoing their first IVF cycle, with 470 in the depot GnRH agonist group and 63 in the GnRH antagonist group. The primary of this study outcome was the fresh live birth rate (LBR).Results: PCOS women in the depot GnRH agonist group had a higher LBR (49.79%) than those in the GnRH antagonist group (34.92%, p = 0.027). The multivariable logistic regression also confirmed that women in the depot GnRH agonist group had a higher LBR than those in the GnRH antagonist group (OR = 1.83, 95% CI 1.05~3.18, p = 0.032). After propensity score matching (PSM), the LBR in the depot GnRH agonist group was higher (50.32%) than that of the GnRH antagonist group (35.48%), p = 0.033. The ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) rates were similar between the two groups, with 35 in the depot GnRH group and 6 in the GnRH antagonist group (p = 0.561).Conclusions: For PCOS patients in fresh embryo transfer cycles, the depot GnRH agonist protocol may lead to a higher LBR than the antagonist protocol with satisfied lower OHSS rates.Keywords: PCOS, depot gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist protocol, gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol, cumulative live birth rate, live birth rate

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