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Does growth hormone supplementation improve oocyte competence and IVF outcomes in patients with poor embryonic development? A randomized controlled trial.
- Source :
- BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth; 5/20/2020, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Many studies have demonstrated the benefits of the addition of growth hormone (GH) to the controlled ovarian stimulation protocol in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles in poor-respond patients, but the effect of GH on patients with poor embryonic development remain unclear. This paper was designed to investigate the efficacy of GH co-treatment during IVF for the patients with poor embryonic development.<bold>Method: </bold>A randomized controlled trial including 158 patients with poor embryo development was conducted between July 2017 and February 2019. One hundred and seven patients were randomized for GH treatment (GH group) and 51 patients for untreated (control group). The primary end-points were the clinical pregnancy and live birth rates in the two groups. The oocyte competence were assessed through calculating the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number in corresponding cumulus granulosa cells (CGCs). Quantitative PCR were used for calculation of mtDNA copy number.<bold>Results: </bold>Relative to the control group, GH co-treatment resulted in a significantly higher number of retrieved oocytes (10.29 ± 5.92 versus 8.16 ± 4.17, P = 0.023) and cleaved embryos (6.73 ± 4.25 versus 5.29 ± 3.23, P = 0.036). The implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rates per cycle, and live birth rate per cycle were higher in the GH group than in the control group (36.00% versus 17.86%, P = 0.005; 43.93% versus 19.61%, P = 0.005; 41.12% versus 17.65%, P = 0.006). CGCs of the GH group had significantly higher mtDNA copy numbers than CGCs of the control group (252 versus 204, P < 0.001).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These data provided further evidence to indicate that GH supplementation may support more live births during IVF, in patients with poor embryonic development. It also appears that oocytes generated under GH co-treatment have a better developmental competence.<bold>Trial Registration: </bold>ChiCTR1900021992 posted March 19, 2019 (retrospectively registered). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of somatotropin
FERTILIZATION in vitro
OVUM physiology
HUMAN embryology
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
CHILDBIRTH
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
CUMULUS cells (Embryology)
RESEARCH
BIRTH rate
OVUM
RESEARCH methodology
FETAL development
EVALUATION research
MEDICAL cooperation
HUMAN growth hormone
PREGNANCY outcomes
EMBRYO transfer
COMPARATIVE studies
HUMAN reproductive technology
RESEARCH funding
INDUCED ovulation
LONGITUDINAL method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712393
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143358313
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03004-9