Extending letrozole treatment duration is effective in inducing ovulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and letrozole resistance

To evaluate whether extending letrozole (LE) treatment duration could induce ovulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who previously failed to ovulate after a 5-day regimen of 5 mg LE daily for at least 1 ovulation induction cycle, defined as “LE resistance”. Retrospective cohort stu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Fertility and sterility 2023-01, Vol.119 (1), p.107-113
Hauptverfasser: Zhu, Xiuxian, Fu, Yonglun
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate whether extending letrozole (LE) treatment duration could induce ovulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who previously failed to ovulate after a 5-day regimen of 5 mg LE daily for at least 1 ovulation induction cycle, defined as “LE resistance”. Retrospective cohort study. Tertiary care academic medical center. A total of 69 women with PCOS and LE resistance were included. The duration of LE treatment was increased in a stepwise manner (named as “2-step extended LE regimen”): a 7-day regimen of 5 mg LE daily was prescribed in the first ovulation induction cycle, and if ovulation did not occur, a 10-day regimen was prescribed in the subsequent cycle. Ovulation rate was the primary outcome. Clinical pregnancy rate, live birth rate, spontaneous ovulation rate, and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome rate were the secondary outcomes. Of the 69 patients, 48 ovulated after the 7-day and 16 after the 10-day regimen. Overall, the cumulative ovulation rate reached 92.75% (64/69) after the 2-step extended LE regimen, with a cumulative clinical pregnancy rate of 31.88% (22/69) and a cumulative live birth rate of 24.63% (17/69). All patients ovulated spontaneously without exogenous trigger agents and none experienced ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Extending LE treatment duration is a feasible method for inducing ovulation in women with PCOS and LE resistance. La prolongación del tratamiento con letrozol es efectivo en la inducción de la ovulación en mujeres con síndrome de ovario poliquístico y resistencia a letrozol. Evaluar si al prolongar la duración del tratamiento con letrozol (LE) se logra inducir la ovulación en mujeres con diagnóstico de síndrome de ovario poliquístico (SOP); quienes previamente no lograron ovular tras realizar un tratamiento de 5mg/día por 5 días, durante al menos un ciclo de inducción de la ovulación, definiendo al mismo como resistencia a LE. Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo. Centro médico de atención terciaria de salud. Se incluyeron un total de 69 pacientes con diagnóstico de SOP y resistencia a letrozol. La duración del tratamiento con LE fue incrementado de manera escalonada (denominado “Tratamiento de LE ampliado en 2 pasos”): en el primer ciclo de inducción de la ovulación se indicó un régimen de 5mg/día por 7 días; si no se lograba la ovulación, se indicaba a un tratamiento de 10 días en el ciclo posterior. El resultado principal fue la tasa de ovulación. Los resultados secundarios fueron las tasas de
ISSN:0015-0282
1556-5653
DOI:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.09.018