Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine and metabolic disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction, and polycystic ovarian morphology, with insulin resistance playing a central role in its pathophysiology. Hyperinsulinemia can enhance ovarian androgen production and reduce hepatic sex hormone-binding globulin synthesis, thereby aggravating hyperandrogenism and reproductive abnormalities. Vildagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, enhances endogenous incretin activity and may improve insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. Emerging evidence suggests that DPP-4 inhibition may also influence body weight, androgen excess, inflammation, and reproductive function in women with PCOS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
70
Metformin is a widely used insulin-sensitizing agent and one of the most established pharmacological treatments for the metabolic abnormalities associated with polycystic ovary syndrome
Vildagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, enhances endogenous incretin activity and may improve insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis.
Fertility parameters-Follicle-stimulating hormone
Measurement of Follicle-stimulating hormone
Time frame: 3-months
Fertility parameters- Luteinizing hormone
Measurement of Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Time frame: 3 months
Fertility parameters-Free androgen index
mesurement of Free androgen index
Time frame: 3-months
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