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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of Follitropin alpha (Gonal-F) and Follitropin beta (Puregon) on cumulative live birth rate (CLBR), defined as the percentage of the number of patients who delivered for the first time in a single ovarian stimulation cycle and the number of patients in all oocyte retrieval cycles.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study including 2864 infertile patients who underwent ovarian stimulation with Puregon (group A, n=1313) and Gonal-F (group B, n=1551) was conducted between July 2015 and June 2021 at a university-affiliated reproductive medicine center. Reduce potential confounding factors between groups, propensity scores and multivariable logistic regression analyses were estimated to obtain unbiased estimates of outcomes. The primary outcome was the difference in CLBR between the two groups.
Results: Each group identified 1160 individuals after propensity score matching (PSM). Baseline characteristics were similar between groups after PSM. The total gonadotrophin (Gn) dose (2400 vs 2325), p=0.038) and cost of Gn usage (5327.9¥ vs 7547.2¥, p<0.001) between the Puregon and Gonal-F groups were statistically significant. Nevertheless, the pregnancy outcomes between the two groups were comparable after fresh embryo transfer and subsequent frozen-thawed embryo transfer. Additionally, there was also no difference observed in the primary outcome of CLBR (52.8% vs 55.7%, p=0.169). Multivariable regression analysis revealed that the type of Gn was not associated with CLBR (p = 0.912).
Conclusion: Gonal-F may be a reasonable option for infertile patients who are hesitant to receive more Gn dosage injections. Furthermore, Puregon can eliminate unneeded anxiety and expenses while also administering more flexibility. Taken together, these findings could well be utilized in everyday clinical practice to better inform patients when deciding on an ovarian stimulation strategy.
目的:本研究旨在比较α型促性腺激素(Gonal-F)和β型促性腺激素(Puregon)对累积活产率(CLBR)的疗效,累积活产率是指在单个卵巢刺激周期中首次分娩的患者人数与所有取卵周期中患者人数的百分比:2015年7月至2021年6月期间,某大学附属生殖医学中心开展了一项回顾性队列研究,纳入了2864名接受Puregon(A组,人数=1313)和Gonal-F(B组,人数=1551)卵巢刺激的不孕患者。为减少组间潜在的混杂因素,对倾向评分和多变量逻辑回归分析进行了估计,以获得无偏的结果估计值。主要结果是两组之间的CLBR差异:经过倾向得分匹配(PSM)后,每组确定了 1160 人。经过倾向得分匹配后,两组的基线特征相似。促性腺激素(Gn)的总剂量(2400 vs 2325,P=0.038)和Gn的使用成本(5327.9¥ vs 7547.2¥,P=0.038):对于不愿接受更多 Gn 剂量注射的不孕患者来说,Gonal-F 可能是一个合理的选择。此外,Puregon 还能消除不必要的焦虑和费用,同时提供更大的灵活性。综上所述,这些研究结果完全可以用于日常临床实践,以便在患者决定卵巢刺激策略时提供更好的信息。
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Drug Design, Development and Therapy is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that spans the spectrum of drug design, discovery and development through to clinical applications.
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