About this trial
As part of the in vitro fertilisation treatment, ovarian stimulation is routinely performed. For this purpose, FSH preparations are used. Follitropin delta is a FSH preparation that is approved for a wide range of applications and is dosed individually according to body weight and serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH). Body weight is used to estimate the distribution volume of the glycoprotein FD in the patient and is thus a proxy of exposure. The AMH is used to estimate the ovarian reserve and thus the number of follicles in the ovaries that can be recruited by Follitropin delta stimulation. An algorithm is used for individual dosing. The aim of individual dosing is to reduce the probability of an under or overreaction of the ovaries to FSH therapy.
In contrast to phase III registration studies, patients with severe overweight and underweight, as well as very high and very low AMH values and associated disorders of the menstrual cycle and oocyte maturation, are also found in the reality of care. The performance of the dosing algorithm and thus the results of ovarian stimulation in these subgroups of patients have so far been insufficiently investigated in the phase III registration trials.
In the present study no statistical hypothesis will be tested. The study is descriptive by design and the analyses are descriptive and exploratory. NIS is chosen in order to explore how the individualized dosing regimen of REKOVELLE® performs in routine clinical practice and to investigate the effectiveness and safety of REKOVELLE® under real-world conditions. This is a monocentric, prospective, non-interventional cohort study conducted in normal care setting in a fertility clinic that will collect information from 850 women undergoing up to two cycles of IVF or ICSI treatment with controlled ovarian stimulation with REKOVELLE®.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age ≥18 to ≤ 44 years at enrolment
Planned stimulation in a fixed or flexible GnRH antagonist protocol
Planned use of follitropin delta for ovarian stimulation as per SmPC
Planned IVF or ICSI treatment with ejaculated or cryopreserved male germ cells, autologous or heterologous, with or without planned genetic testing of the oocytes or embryos
Disqualifiers
Serum AMH within 12 months prior to treatment ≤0.3 ng/ml
Most recent serum AMH value before start of stimulation older than 12 months
Serum AMH value not determined in Roche Elecsys immunoassays
Pre-treatment with a combined oral contraceptive "pill" consisting of ethinyl estradiol and a synthetic progestogen
Trial population
The included patients are adult women from the routine clinical care settings with indication for ovarian stimulation with follitropin delta in a GnRH-antagonist protocol who are making a first treatment attempt IVF or ICSI. This study is intended to be conducted in non-vulnerable population. No vulnerable subjects will be enrolled in the study.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Follitropin delta
DrugREKOVELLE® (follitropin delta), solution for injection - delivered with an injection pen, ATC code G03GA10, is a recombinant human FSH approved for the controlled ovarian stimulation for the development of multiple follicles in women undergoing assisted reproductive technologies such as an in vitro fertilisation or intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycle.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Ovarian response
Number of cumulus-oocyte-complexes of the individual dosing regimen of follitropin delta for controlled ovarian stimulation for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in a cohort of patients from a real-world setting with focus on high body weight.
Secondary outcomes
Overall treatment outcome
Incidence of live birth stratified for low, normal and high AMH and body weight
Change in body weight
Determine change in body weight between 1st and 2nd cycle in subjects undergoing two cycles
Incidence of dose changes
Incidence of dose changes between 1st and 2nd treatment cycle in subjects undergoing two cycles
Intra-individual variation of ovarian response
Intra-individual variation of the number of cumulus-oocyte-complexes retrieved between 1st and 2nd treatment cycle in subjects undergoing two cycles, stratified for low, normal and high AMH and body weight and cycle regularity
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