Cabergoline and Coasting to Prevent OHSS (OHSS)

August 11, 2017 updated by: Yasmin Ahmed Bassiouny, Cairo University

Combining Cabergoline and Coasting in Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone(GnRH)Agonist Protocol in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) to Prevent Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS): a Randomized Clinical Trial

The effectiveness of cabergoline to prevent moderate-severe OHSS to coasting.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

To randomly compare three study groups under a high risk of developing OHSS to one of three arms of management, either coasting for 1 to 3 days or receiving cabergoline for 8 days or coasting for 1 day plus receiving cabergoline for 8 days in ICSI patients following the long luteal GnRH agonist protocol.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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300

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt
        • IVF centre, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Cairo University Hospitals (Kasr EL Aini)

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 35 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age <or= 35, BMI <or= 30
  2. Long protocol GnRH agonist cycles
  3. Estradiol level on day of HCG >or= 3500 pg/ml
  4. Retrieving more than 15 oocytes

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Male factor
  2. Uterine factor

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: Coasting
In their ICSI cycle patients will continue their agonist treatment while stopping the human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) injections for 1 to 3 days until drop of estradiol to a safe level to prevent OHSS. Early OHSS is assessed at day of embryo transfer and 7 days after this date. Late OHSS is assessed 14 days after embryo transfer.
Procedure: ICSI
Long luteal GnRH agonist protocol: patients will receive GnRH agonist from day 21 of the previous cycle of stimulation and then on day 3 of the stimulation cycle they will start hMG injections with 225 IU/day. Folliculometry will start on day 6 stimulation by vaginal ultrasound. Estradiol levels will be measured on day 8, 10 and 12 of stimulation if appropriate. According to ultrasound and estradiol level patients will be randomized to either one of the study arms. When ready final triggering will be done by human chorionic gonadotropin (10000 IU) and oocyte collection is done at 36 hour from triggering. Embryo transfer is then done 3 days afterwards with ultrasound guidance.
Active Comparator: Cabergoline
In their ICSI cycle patients will take 0.25 mg of cabergoline daily for 8 days from HCG triggering day to prevent OHSS. Early OHSS is assessed at day of embryo transfer and 7 days after this date. Late OHSS is assessed 14 days after embryo transfer.
Procedure: ICSI
Long luteal GnRH agonist protocol: patients will receive GnRH agonist from day 21 of the previous cycle of stimulation and then on day 3 of the stimulation cycle they will start hMG injections with 225 IU/day. Folliculometry will start on day 6 stimulation by vaginal ultrasound. Estradiol levels will be measured on day 8, 10 and 12 of stimulation if appropriate. According to ultrasound and estradiol level patients will be randomized to either one of the study arms. When ready final triggering will be done by human chorionic gonadotropin (10000 IU) and oocyte collection is done at 36 hour from triggering. Embryo transfer is then done 3 days afterwards with ultrasound guidance.
Active Comparator: Coasting and Cabergoline
In their ICSI cycle patients will continue their agonist treatment while stopping the human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) injections for 1 day plus receiving 0.25 mg of cabergoline daily for 8 days from HCG triggering day to prevent OHSS. Early OHSS is assessed at day of embryo transfer and 7 days after this date. Late OHSS is assessed 14 days after embryo transfer.
Procedure: ICSI
Long luteal GnRH agonist protocol: patients will receive GnRH agonist from day 21 of the previous cycle of stimulation and then on day 3 of the stimulation cycle they will start hMG injections with 225 IU/day. Folliculometry will start on day 6 stimulation by vaginal ultrasound. Estradiol levels will be measured on day 8, 10 and 12 of stimulation if appropriate. According to ultrasound and estradiol level patients will be randomized to either one of the study arms. When ready final triggering will be done by human chorionic gonadotropin (10000 IU) and oocyte collection is done at 36 hour from triggering. Embryo transfer is then done 3 days afterwards with ultrasound guidance.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate and degree of OHSS (composite outcome)
Time Frame: 14 days
Symptoms of nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, abdominal pain,abdominal distension. Ovarian size and fluid in douglas pouch by ultrasound. Haematocrit, total leucocytic count, creatinine and Estradiol level as biochemical markers. Early OHSS first 9 days after ovum pickup and late is after 9 days till 14 days (time of pregnancy test)
14 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of oocytes
Time Frame: 1 day
Number of oocytes collected on the day of oocyte collection
1 day

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Metaphase II (MII) oocytes
Time Frame: 1 day
Number of MII oocytes collected on the day of oocyte collection
1 day
Fertilization rate
Time Frame: 2 days
Number of embryos that show signs of fertilization in each patient
2 days
Number of embryos
Time Frame: 3 to 5 days
Number of embryos assessed for embryo transfer in each patient
3 to 5 days
Implantation rate
Time Frame: 5 weeks
the ratio of the number of gestational sacs to the number of embryos transferred
5 weeks
Chemical pregnancy rate
Time Frame: 14 days
The patients who have a positive quantitative Beta human chorionic gonadotrophin (BHCG) and do not continue their pregnancy with a drop in the result and start of menstruation
14 days
Clinical pregnancy rate
Time Frame: 28 days
patients who show an intra-uterine gestational sac with positive fetal pulsations on ultrasound 14 days after their pregnancy test
28 days
Early miscarriage rate
Time Frame: 12 weeks
pregnancy loss in the first 12 weeks of gestation
12 weeks
Ongoing pregnancy rate
Time Frame: 12 weeks
pregnancies going beyond 12 weeks of gestation
12 weeks
Live birth rate
Time Frame: 40 weeks
live births occuring
40 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Cairo University

Investigators

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  • Study Chair: Mohamed Roushdy, MD, Cairo University

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Start

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October 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

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July 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

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July 1, 2015

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First Submitted

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October 31, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 7, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

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November 14, 2013

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August 14, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 11, 2017

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August 1, 2017

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  • 92013

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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