Clinical trial NCT04778358: Higher Dose of Rekovelle in Oocyte Donors
Official title: Pilot Trial to Investigate a Higher Dose of Rekovelle in Oocyte Donors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: IVF
Lead sponsor: IVI Madrid
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-03-03
Enrollment: 40
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Oocyte donors
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Higher numbers of oocytes have not been shown to increase implantation or live newborn rates, but higher numbers of oocytes are likely to be beneficial in certain treatments. These clinical cases where a high ovarian response can be IVF cycles with genetic diagnosis, patients who need more than one pregnancy or, as in our case, oocyte donation. For this reason, and based on previous studies, investigators intend to increase the ovarian response by increasing the dose of follitropin. This clinical trial aims to evaluate high doses of Rekovelle (follitropin delta) to obtain an average of 17 oocytes in a population of oocyte donors, without affecting the health of the patients.

Detailed description: IVF ovarian stimulation cycles has been shown that the individualization of the medication doses provides clinical results comparable to conventional ovarian stimulation regimens, but also it results in greater treatment safety by significantly reducing the percentage of patients with responses extreme ovaries, and cycle cancellations. These studies have been carried out with the premise that an optimal ovarian response results in obtaining 8-14 oocytes per puncture. Although it has also been shown that larger numbers of oocytes do not increase clinical variables such as implantation rates or live newborn per cycle, it is possible that these numbers of oocytes are insufficient in specific circumstances, for example, patients with a desire to have more pregnancy, patients undergoing IVF cycles with PGT-A, or gamete donors. For these reasons, and thanks to the improvements in cryopreservation programs and the induction of oocyte maturation with GnRH agonists, it is necessary to design protocols for the individualization of doses of medication aimed at obtaining greater quantities of oocytes. The objective of this pilot study is the evaluation of higher doses of Rekovelle (follitropin delta) aimed at obtaining 17 oocytes in voluntary donors.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria:

Patients who meet the following inclusion criteria will be candidates to participate in the trial.

* Signed and dated informed consent.
* Oocyte donors between 18 and 35 years of age, both inclusive.
* Presence of at least 6 antral follicles in each ovary on the day of start of stimulation.
* Oocyte donors in their first or second donation cycle.

Exclusion criteria:

Patients who meet the following criteria will not be able to participate in the clinical trial:

* Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial
* Participation in another clinical study before inclusion in this study that could affect its objectives.
* Donors diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome according to the Rotterdam criteria (4)
* Endometriosis level III / IV
* Use of hormonal contraceptives (oral or vaginal) in the cycle prior to inclusion.
* Use of Estradiol Valerate for cycle synchronization in the cycle prior to inclusion.
* Family history of hereditary diseases
* Presence of abnormal karyotype
* Positive for any sexually transmitted disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assest the dose of 15µg of follitropin delta aimed at obtaining 17 oocytes (considering the optimal range of oocytes from 15 to 25).
timeFrame: Number of oocytes obtained inmediatly after the ovarian puncture in visit 5
measure: Measure the incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome using15µg of follitropin delta aimed at obtaining 17 oocytes
timeFrame: Through the study completion, an average 1 month.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of mature oocytes
timeFrame: Number of madure oocytes obtained inmediatly after the puncture in visit 5
measure: Duration of stimulation in days
timeFrame: Number of days during the ovarian stimulation up to 20 days
measure: Number of blasts
timeFrame: 4-6 days after fertilization and before implantation in the endometrium during the treatment.
measure: Blast quality
timeFrame: 4-6 days after fertilization and before implantation in the endometrium during the treatment.
measure: Degree of satisfaction with the infertility treatment
timeFrame: At the end of the treatment, an average 1 month.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad
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