Research Article

A Comparative Study to Assess the Efficacy of Two Different Estradiol Formulations during In Vitro Fertilization

Table 6

Measures of secondary outcome of the two treatments.

Enrolled number of patients Pregnancy rate (PR) (%)Clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) (%)Clinical abortion (CAB) (%)Ectopic (EC) (%)Live birth rate (LBR) (%)

Thaw self
 Estradiol valerate734457 (62.26%)416/734 (56.68%)91/416 (21.88%)3/416 (0.72%)322/734 (43.87%)
 Estradiol hemihydrate453288 (63.58%)265/453 (58.50%)49/265 (18.49%)1/265 (0.38%)215/453 (47.46%)
value0.6480.5350.2860.227
Fresh OD/ED
 Estradiol valerate415308 (74.21%)280/415 (67.47%)50/280 (17.86%)0230/415 (55.42%)
 Estradiol hemihydrate202150 (74.25%)135/202 (66.83%)23/135 (17.04%)0112/202 (55.45%)
value0.99120.8740.8370.382
Thaw OD/ED
 Estradiol valerate407252 (61.92%)216/407 (53.07%)58/216 (26.85%)0158/407 (38.82%)
 Estradiol hemihydrate265167 (63.02%)148/265 (55.85%)34/148 (22.97%)0114/265 (43.02%)
value0.7730.480.4030.631
Total
 Estradiol valerate15561017 (65.36%)912/1556 (58.61%)199/912 (21.82%)3/912 (0.33%710/1556 (45.63%)
 Estradiol hemihydrate920605 (65.76%)548/920 (59.57%)106/548 (19.34%)1/548 (0.18%)441/920 (47.93%)
value0.840.6250.2590.532

PR: pregnancy rate; CPR: clinical pregnancy rate; CAB: clinical abortion; EC: ectopic pregnancy; LBR: live birth rate; OD/ED: donor oocyte/donor embryo; NPR, NCR, NEC, and NLBR: number of instances of pregnancy, clinical pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, and live birth rate, respectively.