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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL
Falling estradiol levels on day after human chorionic gonadotropin administration in assisted reproductive technology cycles are not predictive of decreasing oocyte maturity or pregnancy rates.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2014 May
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a fall in serum estradiol levels the day after human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration correlated with the incidence of a positive serum hCG in fresh, nondonor assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles.
STUDY DESIGN: A total of 1,969 women undergoing fresh, nondonor ART cycles at a tertiary referral fertility clinic between January 1, 2003, and January 31, 2010, were included and retrospectively analyzed. Primary outcome measures were oocyte maturity and positive serum beta-hCG.
RESULTS: A total of 1,969 cycles met inclusion criteria, of which 1,875 had the same or increasing serum estradiol levels and 94 had decreasing estradiol levels on the morning after hCG trigger administration (6-11 hours after hCG injection). There were no statistically significant differences between the groups with respect to age, baseline FSH levels, type of pituitary downregulation, total ampules of gonadotropin administered, days of stimulation, average number of oocytes retrieved, or oocyte maturity. Probability of pregnancy in women with declining E2 levels after hCG trigger administration did not differ from patients with the same or rising estradiol levels (53% vs. 54%, p = 0.89).
CONCLUSION: Absolute change in estradiol levels the morning after beta-hCG administration were not predictive of positive hCG.
STUDY DESIGN: A total of 1,969 women undergoing fresh, nondonor ART cycles at a tertiary referral fertility clinic between January 1, 2003, and January 31, 2010, were included and retrospectively analyzed. Primary outcome measures were oocyte maturity and positive serum beta-hCG.
RESULTS: A total of 1,969 cycles met inclusion criteria, of which 1,875 had the same or increasing serum estradiol levels and 94 had decreasing estradiol levels on the morning after hCG trigger administration (6-11 hours after hCG injection). There were no statistically significant differences between the groups with respect to age, baseline FSH levels, type of pituitary downregulation, total ampules of gonadotropin administered, days of stimulation, average number of oocytes retrieved, or oocyte maturity. Probability of pregnancy in women with declining E2 levels after hCG trigger administration did not differ from patients with the same or rising estradiol levels (53% vs. 54%, p = 0.89).
CONCLUSION: Absolute change in estradiol levels the morning after beta-hCG administration were not predictive of positive hCG.
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