2020
Live birth after a freeze-only strategy versus fresh embryo transfer in three randomized trials considering progesterone concentration
Yu Y, Zhao S, Li Y, Niu Y, Wei D, Zhang S, Chen ZJ, Zhang H, Legro RS. Live birth after a freeze-only strategy versus fresh embryo transfer in three randomized trials considering progesterone concentration. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2020, 41: 395-401. PMID: 32600942, DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.04.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLive birth rateFresh embryo transferProgesterone concentrationsEmbryo transferOvulatory womenRandomized trialsBirth rateHuman chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) administrationFresh embryo transfer groupCleavage-stage embryo transferFreeze-only strategyHigh ovarian responseInitial embryo transferPolycystic ovary syndromeChorionic gonadotrophin administrationEmbryo transfer groupFrozen embryo transferSingle blastocyst transferBetween-group differencesClinical pregnancyGonadotrophin administrationHCG administrationOvarian responseOvary syndromePrimary outcome
2018
Midluteal Progesterone: A Marker of Treatment Outcomes in Couples With Unexplained Infertility
Hansen KR, Eisenberg E, Baker V, Hill MJ, Chen S, Talken S, Diamond MP, Legro RS, Coutifaris C, Alvero R, Robinson RD, Casson P, Christman GM, Santoro N, Zhang H, Wild RA, Network N. Midluteal Progesterone: A Marker of Treatment Outcomes in Couples With Unexplained Infertility. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2018, 103: 2743-2751. PMID: 29767754, PMCID: PMC6276712, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2018-00642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMidluteal progesterone levelsUnexplained infertilityLive birthsOS-IUIProgesterone levelsPregnancy outcomesClinical trialsTreatment groupsIntrauterine insemination treatmentMultiple Intrauterine GestationsOvarian stimulation medicationSuccessful pregnancy outcomeMulticenter clinical trialLow progesterone levelsMidluteal progesteroneClomiphene citrateOvarian stimulationIntrauterine gestationEndometrial changesPathophysiologic mechanismsGonadotropin treatmentStimulation medicationsProgesterone exposureTreatment outcomesProgesterone concentrations