- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Klinisk forsøg NCT00502229
Therapy for Infertile PCOS Patients Ovulating Under Clomiphene Citrate or Metformin
What is the Following Step to Improve Fertility in Infertile PCOS Patients Ovulating Under Clomiphene Citrate or Metformin? A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study.
Several data demonstrated that both clomiphene citrate (CC) and metformin are two safe and valid first-step options to induce ovulation in infertile anovulatory PCOS patients. Notwithstanding a high percentage of patients ovulate under treatment, only ~40% and 60% of subjects obtain a pregnancy after CC and metformin, respectively.
For these patients, controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) followed by intrauterine insemination (IUI) could be the next therapeutic step before assisted reproductive techniques since IUI improves significantly the fertility in couples with unexplained infertility. Furthermore, to date it is not defined if COS should be obtained using the same ovulatory agent (CC or metformin) or switching the treatment to gonadotropins.
In this view, the aim of the present study will be to evaluate the best management of infertile PCOS patients ovulating after CC or metformin.
Studieoversigt
Status
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Infertile PCOS patients who ovulated under CC or metformin without pregnancy achievement will be enrolled and treated with three trials of COS plus IUI. All patients will be randomly allocated into two different groups (groups A and B). In group A, COS will be obtained using the same ovulatory agent (CC or metformin) employed in the previous ovulatory cycles, whereas in group B using gonadotropins in a low-dose step-up regimen.
All patients eligible will undergo baseline assessment consisting of anthropometric, hormonal, and ultrasonographic evaluations. During the study, the clinical and reproductive outcomes, and the adverse experience will be evaluated and the will be analyzed also categorizing the patients according to ovulatory agent used for COS (CC or metformin).
Data will be analyzed using the intention-to-treat principle and a P value of 0.05 or less will be considered significant. Continuous variables will be analyzed with the unpaired t test and general linear model for repeated measures analysis with Bonferroni test for the post-hoc analysis as required. For categorical variables, the Pearson chi-square and Fisher's exact tests will be used. Cumulative pregnancy rate, our primary end-point, will be calculated by the Kaplan-Maier method, and the differences between the two groups will be assessed with the log-rank test. Cox proportional-hazards model will be used to calculate the hazard ratio for new pregnancy in both groups.
Undersøgelsestype
Fase
- Fase 4
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Catanzaro, CZ
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Catanzaro, Catanzaro, CZ, Italien, 88100
- Pugliese Hospital
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (using NIH criteria)
- Anovulatory infertility (using WHO criteria)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <18 or >35 years
- Severe obesity (BMI >35)
- Neoplastic, metabolic, hepatic, and cardiovascular disorders or other concurrent medical illnesses
- Hypothyroidism, hyperprolactinemia, Cushing's syndrome, and non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Current or previous (within the last six months) use of oral contraceptives, glucocorticoids, antiandrogens, antidiabetic and anti-obesity drugs or other hormonal drugs
- Intention to start a diet or a specific program of physical activity
- Organic pelvic diseases
- Previous pelvic surgery
- Suspected peritoneal factor infertility
- Tubal or male factor infertility or sub-fertility
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Aktiv komparator: Group A
Continuing treatment
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Aktiv komparator: Group B
Gonadotrophins
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Pregnancy rate
Tidsramme: one year
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one year
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Ovulation rate Abortion rate Live-birth rate Adverse events
Tidsramme: one year
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one year
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Stefano Palomba, MD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro
- Ledende efterforsker: Francesco Orio, MD, Department of Endocrinology, University "Federico II" of Naples
- Ledende efterforsker: Achille Tolino, MD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University "Federico II" of Naples
Publikationer og nyttige links
Generelle publikationer
- Palomba S, Orio F Jr, Falbo A, Russo T, Tolino A, Zullo F. Clomiphene citrate versus metformin as first-line approach for the treatment of anovulation in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Sep;92(9):3498-503. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-1009. Epub 2007 Jun 26.
- Palomba S, Orio F Jr, Falbo A, Manguso F, Russo T, Cascella T, Tolino A, Carmina E, Colao A, Zullo F. Prospective parallel randomized, double-blind, double-dummy controlled clinical trial comparing clomiphene citrate and metformin as the first-line treatment for ovulation induction in nonobese anovulatory women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Jul;90(7):4068-74. doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-0110. Epub 2005 Apr 19.
- Palomba S, Falbo A, Orio F Jr, Manguso F, Russo T, Tolino A, Annamaria C, Dale B, Zullo F. A randomized controlled trial evaluating metformin pre-treatment and co-administration in non-obese insulin-resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome treated with controlled ovarian stimulation plus timed intercourse or intrauterine insemination. Hum Reprod. 2005 Oct;20(10):2879-86. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dei130. Epub 2005 Jun 15.
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
- Neoplasmer
- Sygdomme i det endokrine system
- Ovariecyster
- Cyster
- Ovariesygdomme
- Adnexale sygdomme
- Gonadale lidelser
- Polycystisk ovariesyndrom
- Infertilitet
- Hypoglykæmiske midler
- Lægemidlers fysiologiske virkninger
- Hormoner, hormonsubstitutter og hormonantagonister
- Hormonantagonister
- Østrogenantagonister
- Reproduktive kontrolmidler
- Fertilitetsmidler, kvinde
- Fertilitetsmidler
- Selektive østrogenreceptormodulatorer
- Østrogenreceptormodulatorer
- Metformin
- Clomiphene
- Enclomiphene
- Zuclomiphene
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- 05/2006c
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