Luteal phase support after GnRH triggering in IVF cycles

A. Carp Velișcu, C. Damian, M. Mitran, B. Marinescu

Rezumat: The luteal phase in IVF stimulated cycles is very different from that in natural cycles, so is very important to mimic the perfect condition for pregnancy. Since January 2015 until December 2015, we have 88 cycles in which the triggering was done with GnRH agonist. We performed an embriotransfer in the same cycle in 84 cases. We adjusted the luteal phase support in order to compensate for the luteal phase deficiency in these cases in order to achieve a pregnancy rate similar with the classical triggering. We had similar pregnancy rate between GnRH triggering and HCG triggering, with less complication (OHSS syndrome) and less patient discomfort. GnRH triggering is a good option for IVF cycles with similar pregnancy rates as HCG triggering and reducing almost to zero the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
Cuvinte cheie: luteal phase support, GnRH agonist triggering.