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Micro-dose hCG as luteal phase support without exogenous progesterone administration : mathematical modelling of the hCG concentration in circulation and initial clinical experience

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Date
10/2016
Author
Andersen, C Yding
Fischer, R
Giorgione, V
Kelsey, Thomas W
Keywords
Luteal phase support
Corpus luteum function
GnRH agonist trigger
hCG
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QH426 Genetics
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Reproductive Medicine
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Genetics(clinical)
NDAS
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Abstract
For the last two decades, exogenous progesterone administration has been used as luteal phase support (LPS) in connection with controlled ovarian stimulation combined with use of the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) trigger for the final maturation of follicles. The introduction of the GnRHa trigger to induce ovulation showed that exogenous progesterone administration without hCG supplementation was insufficient to obtain satisfactory pregnancy rates. This has prompted development of alternative strategies for LPS. Augmenting the local endogenous production of progesterone by the multiple corpora lutea has been one focus with emphasis on one hand to avoid development of ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome and, on the other hand, to provide adequate levels of progesterone to sustain implantation. The present study evaluates the use of micro-dose hCG for LPS support and examines the potential advances and disadvantages. Based on the pharmacokinetic characteristics of hCG, the mathematical modelling of the concentration profiles of hCG during the luteal phase has been evaluated in connection with several different approaches for hCG administration as LPS. It is suggested that the currently employed LPS provided in connection with the GnRHa trigger (i.e. 1.500 IU) is too strong, and that daily micro-dose hCG administration is likely to provide an optimised LPS with the current available drugs. Initial clinical results with the micro-dose hCG approach are presented.
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Andersen , C Y , Fischer , R , Giorgione , V & Kelsey , T W 2016 , ' Micro-dose hCG as luteal phase support without exogenous progesterone administration : mathematical modelling of the hCG concentration in circulation and initial clinical experience ' , Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics , vol. 33 , no. 10 , pp. 1311-1318 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-016-0764-7
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Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-016-0764-7
ISSN
1058-0468
Type
Journal article
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© 2016, Springer. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at link.springer.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10815-016-0764-7
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The University Hospital of Copenhagen and the EU interregional project ReproHigh/ReproUnion are gratefully acknowledged for financial support.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11267

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