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Recognizing the association between plasma progesterone (P) and an imminent LH surge, we investigated the frequency of P elevation in our stimulation protocol (clomiphene citrate-human menopausal gonadotropins). P was measured retrospectively on the day before, the day of, and the day after human chorionic gonadotropin hCG administration. The means ±2 standard deviations for P were as follows: day before hCG, 0.58±0.86; day of hCG, 0.64 ± 0.56; and day after hCG, 1.47 ± 1.22. Seven patients (8%) had P levels greater than 2 SD above the mean.
Significant P elevations prior to hCG are infrequent with this protocol, and in the few patients with raised P a trend toward lowered fertilization was noted. The low incidence of P elevation may be secondary to the administration of hCG in a timely manner on the sixth day of estradiol (E2) rise.
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Blankstein, J., Collins, R.L., Easley, K.A. et al. Combined clomiphene citrate (CC) and human menopausal gonadotropins (hMG) in a fixed schedule for follicular recruitment during in vitro fertilization: Effects on premature luteinizing hormone (LH) surges. J Assist Reprod Genet 6, 121–124 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01130741
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