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KMID : 1033620230500020132
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Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
2023 Volume.50 No. 2 p.132 ~ p.140
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Effects of controlled ovarian stimulation regimens on top-quality blastocyst development and perinatal outcomes with the freeze-all strategy: A retrospective comparative study
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Sachin Ashok Bhor
Kaname Nakayama
Hirofumi Ono
Toshiko Iwashita
Koichi Kinoshita
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Abstract
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Objective : This study aimed to determine the effect of ovarian stimulation regimens on the top-quality blastocyst development rate and perinatal outcomes with the freeze-all strategy.
Methods : A retrospective comparative cohort analysis of 149 in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles using the freeze-all strategy was conducted. The IVF cycles were stimulated with either a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist or clomiphene citrate along with gonadotropin based on the patient’s serum anti-Mullerian hormone level. Oocyte retrieval, fertilization, and embryo culture were performed following standard procedures. All good-quality blastocysts were cryopreserved and used for frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) in subsequent cycles. The fertilization, blastulation, and top-quality blastocyst development rates were calculated. The perinatal outcomes of FET cycles, gestational period, and birth weight were assessed.
Results : The main outcome of this study was the top-quality blastocyst development rate, and the secondary outcomes were perinatal parameters (e.g., gestational period and birth weight) between the stimulation regimens. Despite the higher number of usable-quality embryos in the antagonist group, the blastocyst development rate remained comparable (p=0.105). Similarly, perinatal outcomes were comparable in subsequent FET cycles (p=0.538).
Conclusion : These findings suggest that the choice between antagonist and clomiphene citrate with gonadotropin as stimulation in controlled ovarian stimulation regimens may not affect the top-quality blastocyst development rate. The IVF outcomes (e.g., clinical pregnancy, miscarriage, and live birth rates) remained unaffected in subsequent FET cycles. Unlike fresh embryo transfer, the birth weight and gestational length were not associated with prior controlled ovarian stimulation regimens when the freeze-all strategy was used.
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KEYWORD
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Abortion, spontaneous, Antagonists, Birth weight, Blastocyst, Clomiphene, Embryo transfer, Fertilization in vitro, Live birth, Ovulation induction, Pregnancy outcome
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