The effectiveness of cabergoline to prevent moderate-severe OHSS to coasting.
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
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
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.
IVF centre, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Cairo University Hospitals (Kasr EL Aini)
Cairo, Egypt
Rate and degree of OHSS (composite outcome)
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)
Time frame: 14 days
Number of oocytes
Number of oocytes collected on the day of oocyte collection
Time frame: 1 day
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