Clinical Study

LH Pretreatment as a Novel Strategy for Poor Responders

Table 2

Results of the randomized controlled trial: in vitro performance and final outcome.

Group AGroup B value

Number of eggs retrievals 1217
Fertilization rate86 (24/28)90 (47/52)n.s
Cleavage rate71 (17/24)91 (43/47)<0.05
% of grade 1 embryos 70 (12/17)81 (35/43)n.s
Number of transferred cycles (% on started cycles)10 (48%)17 (77%)<0.05
Number of transferred embryos
(mean embryos/transfer)
16 (1.6)35 (2.0)
Number of clinical pregnancies18
Implantation rate6 (1/16)29 (10/35)0.06
Number of early miscarriages01
Live birth rate/patient (%)5 (1/21)32 (7/22)0.025