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 …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of growth hormone supplementation on in vitro fertilization outcome: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study

JS Younis, A Simon, R Koren, D Dorembus… - Fertility and sterility, 1992 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the effect of growth hormone (GH) supplementation to a long
gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a)/human menopausal gonadotropin …

[HTML][HTML] Does the addition of growth hormone to the in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection antagonist protocol improve outcomes in poor responders? A …

YA Bassiouny, DMR Dakhly, YA Bayoumi… - Fertility and sterility, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the addition of growth hormone (GH) to the
antagonist protocol in IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles in poor responders …

Adjuvant growth hormone therapy in antagonist protocol in poor responders undergoing assisted reproductive technology

M Eftekhar, A Aflatoonian, F Mohammadian… - Archives of gynecology …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose The incidence of poor ovarian response in controlled ovarian stimulation (COH)
has been reported in 9–24% of IVF-ET cycles. Growth hormone augments the effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of growth hormone plus gonadotropins on controlled ovarian stimulation in infertile women of advanced age, poor responders, and previous in vitro …

YK Ho, TH Lee, CI Lee, EH Cheng, CC Huang… - Taiwanese Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the effects of growth hormone (GH) cotreatment in ovarian
stimulation in infertile women of advanced age, poor responders, and patients with one or …

Which is the best IVF/ICSI protocol to be used in poor responders receiving growth hormone as an adjuvant treatment? A prospective randomized trial

DMR Dakhly, YA Bayoumi… - Gynecological …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This open label randomized study aims to define the best protocol to be used with growth
hormone in poor responders, with comparison performed to delineate which protocol offers …

[HTML][HTML] Growth hormone cotreatment for low-prognosis patients according to the POSEIDON criteria

X Liu, J Xu, L Bi, P Liu, X Jiao - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Poor ovarian response (POR) remains one of the most challenging conditions
in assisted reproduction technology. Previous studies seemed to indicate that growth …

Adjuvant growth hormone therapy in poor responders to in-vitro fertilization: a prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study

J Dor, DS Seidman, E Amudai, D Bider… - Human …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The objective of the study was to assess the effect of growth hormone (GH) supplementation
to a combined gonado-trophin-releasing hormone agonist/human menopausal …

[HTML][HTML] The Effect of Growth Hormone on the Clinical Outcomes of Poor Ovarian Reserve Patients Undergoing in vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection …

M Cai, L Gao, XY Liang, C Fang, Y Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this retrospective analysis is to explore whether growth hormone (GH)
pretreatment is beneficial for patients with poor ovarian reserve undertaking in vitro …

The effect of growth hormone adjuvant therapy on assisted reproductive technologies outcomes in patients with diminished ovarian reserve or poor ovarian response

S Dogan, OSY Cicek, M Demir, L Yalcinkaya… - Journal of gynecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Low response of patients with diminished ovarian reserve to exogenous gonadotropins in
controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) protocols is one of the important problems of …