2024
Fibroids and unexplained infertility treatment with epigallocatechin gallate: a natural compound in green tea (FRIEND) – protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled US multicentre clinical trial of EGCG to improve fertility in women with uterine fibroids
Al-Hendy A, Segars J, Taylor H, González F, Siblini H, Zamah M, Alkelani H, Singh B, Flores V, Christman G, Johnson J, Huang H, Zhang H. Fibroids and unexplained infertility treatment with epigallocatechin gallate: a natural compound in green tea (FRIEND) – protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled US multicentre clinical trial of EGCG to improve fertility in women with uterine fibroids. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e078989. PMID: 38216200, PMCID: PMC10806662, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnexplained infertilityIntrauterine inseminationInstitutional review boardCumulative live birth rateUterine fibroidsLive birth rateCause of infertilityFood and Drug AdminstrationGonadotropin hormone-releasing hormoneGreen tea extractDouble-blind clinical trialNon-surgical treatment optionsTimed intrauterine inseminationUterine fibroid sizeOvarian stimulationQuality of Life Questionnaire scoresHormone-releasing hormoneLocal institutional review boardInfertility treatmentNational Institute of Child HealthInstitute of Child HealthMiscarriage rateBirth rateReproductive-age womenEndometrial quality
2017
Sexual function in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome and unexplained infertility
Diamond MP, Legro RS, Coutifaris C, Alvero R, Robinson RD, Casson PA, Christman GM, Huang H, Hansen KR, Baker V, Usadi R, Seungdamrong A, Bates GW, Rosen RM, Schlaff W, Haisenleder D, Krawetz SA, Barnhart K, Trussell JC, Santoro N, Eisenberg E, Zhang H, Network E. Sexual function in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome and unexplained infertility. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2017, 217: 191.e1-191.e19. PMID: 28455078, PMCID: PMC5657185, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.04.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystic ovary syndromeFemale Sexual Function InventoryUnexplained infertilityOvary syndromeSexual Function InventorySexual functionInfertile womenSexual dysfunctionEunice Kennedy Shriver National InstituteFemale Sexual Distress ScaleTotal scoreMultiple Intrauterine GestationsFree androgen indexReproductive-age womenSexual function scoresBody mass indexFemale sexual functionFemale sexual dysfunctionSexual Distress ScaleScale total scoreAndrogenic manifestationsAndrogen indexOvarian stimulationAndrogen excessIntrauterine gestation