Growth hormone supplementation improves implantation and pregnancy productivity rates for poor-prognosis patients undertaking IVF

JL Yovich, JD Stanger - Reproductive biomedicine online, 2010 - Elsevier
In a sequential crossover study of IVF conducted from 2002 to 2006, growth hormone (GH)
supplementation was assessed in poor-prognosis patients, categorized on the basis of past …

Single-centre retrospective analysis of growth hormone supplementation in IVF patients classified as poor-prognosis

KN Keane, JL Yovich, A Hamidi, PM Hinchliffe… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) receive various adjuvant therapies
in order to enhance success rates, but the true benefit is actively debated. Growth hormone …

Does growth hormone supplementation improve oocyte competence and IVF outcomes in patients with poor embryonic development? A randomized controlled trial

J Li, Q Chen, J Wang, G Huang, H Ye - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020 - Springer
Background Many studies have demonstrated the benefits of the addition of growth hormone
(GH) to the controlled ovarian stimulation protocol in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles in poor …

[HTML][HTML] Growth hormone cotreatment for poor responders undergoing in vitro fertilization cycles: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Cozzolino, GN Cecchino, G Troiano, C Romanelli - Fertility and sterility, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of growth hormone (GH) supplementation in
improving the in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes of poor responders. Design Systematic …

Low-dose growth hormone supplementation increases clinical pregnancy rate in poor responders undergoing in vitro fertilisation

K Lattes, M Brassesco, M Gomez… - Gynecological …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Poor ovarian response (POR) often means low success rates after in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
We aim to study the impact of a low-dose growth hormone (GH) supplementation in …

Growth hormone in IVF cycles: any hope?

RJ Hart, L Rombauts, RJ Norman - Current Opinion in Obstetrics …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Meta-analysis demonstrated a benefit for the use of the adjunct GH, with a reduction in the
duration of ovarian stimulation required for oocyte retrieval, the collection of a greater …

Application of Growth Hormone in in vitro Fertilization

YM Xu, GM Hao, BL Gao - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone secreted mainly by the anterior part of the
pituitary gland and plays a critical role in cell growth, development, and metabolism …

The effect of GH administration on oocyte and zygote quality in young women with repeated implantation failure after IVF

J Tesarik, M Galán-Lázaro, C Conde-López… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) has been shown to improve implantation and live birth rates in
women of> 40 years of age treated by in vitro fertilization (IVF). This effect was initially …

Human growth hormone for poor responders: a randomized placebo-controlled trial provides no evidence for improved live birth rate

RJ Norman, H Alvino, LM Hull, BW Mol, RJ Hart… - Reproductive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research question Does the addition of human growth hormone (HGH) to an IVF cycle
improve the live birth rate in previously documented poor responders to FSH? Design …

Double-blind placebo controlled study: human biosynthetic growth hormone for assisted reproductive technology

AM Suikkari, V MacLachlan, R Koistinen, M Seppälä… - Fertility and sterility, 1996 - Elsevier
Objective To study whether the effect of cotreatment with human biosynthetic GH improves
the outcome of poor IVF responders. Design A double-blind placebo-controlled study using …