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A Pilot Study of the Effect of Growth Hormone in Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinical Outcome of Poor Responder

NCT03027843 Phase 4 UNKNOWN

Assisted reproduction treatment in patients with low ovarian reserve is a big difficult clinical problem. Growth hormone (GH) is crucial in the development of follicles since preantral follicle to ovulation and can promote steroid hormones and gamete formation, increase the granular cell sensitivity,and inhibition of follicular atresia. Latest research shows that GH can improve egg quality through regulating mitochondrial function of the oocytes and increase the rate of embryo euploid. It becomes a new argument in that promotion of clinical pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction treatment. GH applied in the field of assisted reproduction 30 years experience of applicable people, but drug dosage, drug intervention time continue to explore. 2015 China assisted reproductive stimulate ovulation medicine expert consensus recommend joint GH for poor ovarian response, repeated implantation failure patients and older patients assisted fertility treatment, but not on the specific use time limit, the daily dose of drugs and curative effect. How to maximize growth hormone potential advantage in improving the egg quality bothers the clinical doctors. We had a self-controlled retrospective analyses in growth hormone application and found that the average daily injections of GH dose 2 iu for 45 days can significantly improve the embryo quality in patients with low ovarian reaction. And now long-acting recombinant human growth hormone is available, which make it convenient for patients. A forward-looking experimental is expected to answer clinical practical problems and provide proper GH regimen for low ovarian responder.

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Lead sponsorSun Yat-sen University
PhasePhase 4
StatusUNKNOWN
Enrolment80
Start date2017-03
Completion2020-04

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