Poor response cycles: when should we cancel? Comparison of outcome between egg collection, intrauterine insemination conversion, and follow-up cycles after abandonment.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To determine optimal management with one or two mature follicles after stimulation. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. SETTING:Lister fertility clinic. PATIENT(S):A total of 1,350 IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles (7.3% of total) during 1998-2009 were found to have one or two mature follicles. INTERVENTION(S):Group 1 (n = 807) comprised those who proceeded to vaginal egg collection (VEC) (59.8%; outcome per egg collection), group 2 (n=248) those who converted to IUI (18.4%; outcome per insemination) and group 3 (n=259) those who abandoned the current cycle (21.9%; outcome per abandoned cycle in first subsequent cycle). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Live birth rate, clinical pregnancy rate, and biochemical pregnancy rate. RESULT(S):Biochemical pregnancy rates of 13.1%, 4.9%, and 9.7%, clinical pregnancy rates of 8.1%, 3.6%, and 7.2%, and ongoing pregnancy rates of 6.8%, 2.0%, and 5.5% were achieved in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. All pregnancy outcomes were significantly higher after VEC (group 1) than for those converted to IUI (group 2), and all pregnancy outcomes were higher with borderline significance in group 3 vs. group 2. There was no significant difference in outcome between groups 1 and 3. CONCLUSION(S):Our data suggest that for such poor responders, proceeding to VEC may represent their best chance of successful outcome. Conversion to IUI offers the poorest outcome, and despite the potential for improvements in cycle protocol, abandoning and a further attempt does not improve outcome (using abandoned cycle as the denominator).

journal_name

Fertil Steril

journal_title

Fertility and sterility

authors

Nicopoullos JD,Abdalla H

doi

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.030

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-01 00:00:00

pages

68-71

issue

1

eissn

0015-0282

issn

1556-5653

pii

S0015-0282(10)00820-4

journal_volume

95

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