The effect of short-term exposure of cumulus-oocyte complexes to in vitro maturation medium on yield of mature oocytes and usable embryos in stimulated cycles

PURPOSE: We examined whether short-term exposure to in vitro maturation (IVM) medium of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) from a stimulated cycle increases the yield of metaphase II (MII) oocytes and usable embryos.

METHODS: Retrospective review of two consecutive autologous IVF/ICSI cycles per patient between 2007 and 2015 in which cycle 1 did not result in live birth. Patients with short-term exposure of COCs to IVM medium (3-5 h before standard insemination or ICSI) in cycle 2 (treated) were matched 1:4 on %MI and %MII to patients without use of IVM in cycle 2 (untreated). The proportions of mature oocytes, two pronucleate (2PN) zygotes, number of usable embryos, and clinical outcomes were compared between groups with regression modeling.

RESULTS: The treated (n = 43) and untreated (n = 163) groups had similar demographic characteristics and similarly high proportions of immature oocytes (48.2 vs. 41.3%, respectively) in cycle 1. There were no significant differences between the treated and untreated groups in the change in %MII (48.1 to 68.9% vs. 50.5 to 72.5%, respectively) or mean number of usable embryos (2.2 to 3.4 vs. 2.0 to 3.3, respectively) from cycle 1 to cycle 2.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that short-term IVM incubation of COCs may not provide any additional benefit in patients with a prior unsuccessful cycle notable for a high proportion of immature oocytes. Further randomized studies are warranted to determine whether there is a subset of patients who may have improved clinical outcomes with this "rescue IVM" intervention.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics - 35(2018), 5 vom: 13. Mai, Seite 841-849

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sacha, C R [VerfasserIn]
Kaser, D J [VerfasserIn]
Farland, L V [VerfasserIn]
Srouji, S [VerfasserIn]
Missmer, S A [VerfasserIn]
Racowsky, C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical Trial
Culture Media
IVF
In vitro maturation
Journal Article
Maturity
Oocytes

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Date Completed 04.10.2018

Date Revised 01.05.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10815-018-1155-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM28192693X