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Trial reportFrontiers in endocrinology2021

A Novel Promising Endometrial Preparation Protocol for Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jian-Chun Li, Yan-Hong Wang, Li-Ying Peng, Yun Zhou, Shi-Bin Chao

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian-Chun LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of NanChang University, NanChang, China.
Yan-Hong WangART Center, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, ShangRao, China.
Li-Ying PengDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Hospital Affiliated to Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China.
Yun ZhouART Center, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, ShangRao, China.
Shi-Bin ChaoART Center, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, ShangRao, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNJiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: In recent years frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) has played an increasingly important role in ART, but there is limited consensus on the most effective method of endometrial preparation (EP) for FET. Inspired by significantly higher implantation rate and clinical pregnancy rate of the depot GnRH-a protocol, we proposed a novel EP protocol named down-regulation ovulation-induction (DROI) aimed to improve pregnancy outcomes of FET. Methods: This was a single-center, randomized controlled pilot trial. A total of 307 patients with freeze-all strategy scheduled for first FET were enrolled in the study. A total 261 embryos were transferred in DROI-FET group including 156 patients and 266 embryos were transferred in mNC-FET group including 151 patients. Reproductive outcomes were compared between the two groups. Results: The basic characteristics of patients, and the average number, quality and stage of embryos transferred were comparable between the two groups. Our primary outcome, implantation rate(IR) in DROI-FET group, was significantly higher than that of the mNC-FET group (54.41% versus 35.71%, P<0.01). The clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and ongoing pregnancy rate (OPR) in DROI-FET group was also higher than that in mNC-FET group (69.87% versus 50.33%, P<0.01; 64.10% versus 42.38%, P<0.01). Conclusions: Compared to existing endometrial preparation methods, the DROI protocol might be the more efficient and promising protocol.

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Embryo ImplantationPregnancy RateAdultCryopreservationEmbryo TransferEndometriumFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHumansOvulation InductionPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeProspective StudiesGonadotropin-Releasing Hormonedown regulation ovulation inductionembryo implantationendometrial preparationendometrial receptivityfrozen-thawed embryo transferin vitro fertilization

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PMID34616363
PMCPMC8488080
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