Real-world Evidence on Follitropin Delta Individual Dosing

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-44
SponsorUniversity of Luebeck

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 volunteers

Qualifiers

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

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Follitropin delta

    Drug

    REKOVELLE® (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

850 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Patients receiving treatment with Follitropin-delta1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

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.

Time frame
2021-2022

Secondary outcomes

1

Overall treatment outcome

Incidence of live birth stratified for low, normal and high AMH and body weight

Time frame
2021-2022
2

Change in body weight

Determine change in body weight between 1st and 2nd cycle in subjects undergoing two cycles

Time frame
2021-2022
3

Incidence of dose changes

Incidence of dose changes between 1st and 2nd treatment cycle in subjects undergoing two cycles

Time frame
2021-2022
4

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

Time frame
2021-2022

Other outcomes

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