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Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical effect of mild stimulation with letrozole on pregnancy outcomes in ovulatory women undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET) compared to natural cycle. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care academic medical center. POPULATION: A total of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493067/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.677689 |
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author | Li, Danjun Khor, Shuzin Huang, Jialyu Chen, Qiuju Lyu, Qifeng Cai, Renfei Kuang, Yanping Lu, Xuefeng |
author_facet | Li, Danjun Khor, Shuzin Huang, Jialyu Chen, Qiuju Lyu, Qifeng Cai, Renfei Kuang, Yanping Lu, Xuefeng |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical effect of mild stimulation with letrozole on pregnancy outcomes in ovulatory women undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET) compared to natural cycle. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care academic medical center. POPULATION: A total of 6,874 infertile women with regular menstrual cycles (21-35 days) met the criteria for this study in the period from 2013 to 2020. METHODS: All patients who were prepared for and underwent FET were divided into two groups: a modified natural cycle (NC) group (n=3,958) and a letrozole cycle group (n=2,916). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome of the study was clinical pregnancy rate. Secondary outcome measures were endometrial thickness, rates of implantation, positive HCG test, live birth, early miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. RESULTS: The clinical pregnancy rate was not statistically different between the modified NC-FET group and the letrozole-FFT group before (crude OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.90-1.09, P=0.902>0.05) and after propensity score matching (PSM) (crude OR 1.01, 95% CI 0.91-1.12, P=0.870>0.05). After multivariable logistic regression analysis, the clinical pregnancy rate remained insignificant before (adjusted OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.91-1.10, P=0.979>0.05) and after matching (adjusted OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.89-1.11, P=0.936>0.05), respectively. Similarly, in the crude and adjusted analysis, the positive HCG test, implantation, live birth and early miscarriage rates were also comparable in the letrozole-FFT group and modified NC-FET group before and after matching. Furthermore, the endometrial thickness of letrozole-FFT group was similar to that of modified NC-FET group with adjusted analysis. CONCLUSION: Our observation suggests that mild stimulation with letrozole could produce similar pregnancy outcomes in ovulatory patients who undergo FET when compared with a natural cycle. |
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spelling | pubmed-84930672021-10-07 Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study Li, Danjun Khor, Shuzin Huang, Jialyu Chen, Qiuju Lyu, Qifeng Cai, Renfei Kuang, Yanping Lu, Xuefeng Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) Endocrinology OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical effect of mild stimulation with letrozole on pregnancy outcomes in ovulatory women undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET) compared to natural cycle. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care academic medical center. POPULATION: A total of 6,874 infertile women with regular menstrual cycles (21-35 days) met the criteria for this study in the period from 2013 to 2020. METHODS: All patients who were prepared for and underwent FET were divided into two groups: a modified natural cycle (NC) group (n=3,958) and a letrozole cycle group (n=2,916). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome of the study was clinical pregnancy rate. Secondary outcome measures were endometrial thickness, rates of implantation, positive HCG test, live birth, early miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. RESULTS: The clinical pregnancy rate was not statistically different between the modified NC-FET group and the letrozole-FFT group before (crude OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.90-1.09, P=0.902>0.05) and after propensity score matching (PSM) (crude OR 1.01, 95% CI 0.91-1.12, P=0.870>0.05). After multivariable logistic regression analysis, the clinical pregnancy rate remained insignificant before (adjusted OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.91-1.10, P=0.979>0.05) and after matching (adjusted OR 1.00, 95% CI 0.89-1.11, P=0.936>0.05), respectively. Similarly, in the crude and adjusted analysis, the positive HCG test, implantation, live birth and early miscarriage rates were also comparable in the letrozole-FFT group and modified NC-FET group before and after matching. Furthermore, the endometrial thickness of letrozole-FFT group was similar to that of modified NC-FET group with adjusted analysis. CONCLUSION: Our observation suggests that mild stimulation with letrozole could produce similar pregnancy outcomes in ovulatory patients who undergo FET when compared with a natural cycle. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8493067/ /pubmed/34630318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.677689 Text en Copyright © 2021 Li, Khor, Huang, Chen, Lyu, Cai, Kuang and Lu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Endocrinology Li, Danjun Khor, Shuzin Huang, Jialyu Chen, Qiuju Lyu, Qifeng Cai, Renfei Kuang, Yanping Lu, Xuefeng Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study |
title | Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study |
title_full | Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study |
title_fullStr | Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study |
title_short | Frozen Embryo Transfer in Mildly Stimulated Cycle With Letrozole Compared to Natural Cycle in Ovulatory Women: A Large Retrospective Study |
title_sort | frozen embryo transfer in mildly stimulated cycle with letrozole compared to natural cycle in ovulatory women: a large retrospective study |
topic | Endocrinology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493067/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.677689 |
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