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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2025

Effects of trigger-day progesterone in c-IVF/ICSI cycles on blastocyst culture outcomes.

Yating Sun, Jia Wang, Luyun Zhang, Yanjun Chang, Aizhen Zhu

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Yating SunDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Yuncheng Central Hospital affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Yuncheng, China.
Jia WangDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Yuncheng Central Hospital affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Yuncheng, China.
Luyun ZhangDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Yuncheng Central Hospital affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Yuncheng, China.
Yanjun ChangDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Yuncheng Central Hospital affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Yuncheng, China.
Aizhen ZhuDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Yuncheng Central Hospital affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Yuncheng, China.

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Objective: To assess whether trigger-day progesterone (P) levels in conventional Methods: In this retrospective analysis, 747 eligible patients (747 cycles) who adopted the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocol and underwent c-IVF/ICSI between January 2021 to June 2024 were recruited. The P cutoff values were 1.0 and 1.5 ng/ml when trigger-day serum P was measured, and 4177 day3 (D3) embryos for blastocyst culture were grouped according to trigger-day P levels. Furthermore, the effects of trigger-day P on blastocyst culture outcomes were evaluated. Results: In total, 747 cycles, 4177 D3 embryos for blastocyst culture were analyzed. After adjustments, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that compared with those in the normal level group, available blastocyst rate (adjusted OR, 0.780; 95% CI, 0.645-0.942; P=0.010) and D5 available blastocyst rate (adjusted OR, 0.736; 95% CI, 0.604-0.898; P=0.003) in the high level group were significantly reduced. Subgroup analysis showed that when female age was less than 35 years old, compared with that (36.30%) in the normal level group, the D5 available blastocyst rate (36.92%, adjusted OR, 0.744; 95% CI, 0.602-0.920; P=0.006) in the high level group was significantly reduced. In ICSI cycles, compared with that (28.69%) in the normal level group, the D5 available blastocyst rate (19.13%, adjusted OR, 0.369; 95% CI, 0.194-0.703; P=0.002) in the high level group was significantly decreased. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that in the c-IVF/ICSI population, the trigger-day slightly elevated P (1.0-1.5ng/ml) was not related to blastocyst culture outcomes, while the trigger-day elevated P (>1.5ng/ml) was an important factor affecting D5 available blastocyst rate, especially when the woman was younger than 35 years old or insemination type was ICSI.

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BlastocystEmbryo Culture TechniquesFertilization in VitroOvulation InductionProgesteroneSperm Injections, IntracytoplasmicAdultEmbryo TransferFemaleHumansMalePregnancyPregnancy RateRetrospective StudiesProgesteroneavailable blastocyst rateconventional in vitro fertilization (c-IVF)gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonistintracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)top-quality blastocyst ratetrigger-day progesterone (P)

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