67
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 1999
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2001
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2001
r-hFSH
Daily r-hFSH treatment will be administered subcutaneously at a starting dose according to the site's standard practice from Day 3-5 of menstrual cycle up to follicular development or 28 days. Dose can be altered according to ovarian response (reduced to 75 IU/day; increased to 225 IU/day).
r-hLH
Ovulation triggering will be performed using a single injection of r-hLH injection subcutaneously at a dose of 825 or 2750 or 5500 or 11,000 or 22,000 IU as soon as follicles satisfy the criteria for follicular development, that is at least 1 follicle with diameter \>= 18 mm, not more than 5 follicles with diameter \>= 15 mm and with E2 levels less than 9000 picomoles per liter (pmol/L).
u-hCG
Ovulation triggering will be performed using a single injection of 5000 IU of u-hCG as soon as follicles satisfy the criteria for follicular development, that is at least 1 follicle with diameter \>= 18 mm, not more than 5 follicles with diameter \>= 15 mm and with E2 levels less than 9000 picomoles per liter (pmol/L).
Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
INDUSTRY