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Biosimilar Versus Urinary Gonadotropins

Phase 4
Conditions
Infertility
Interventions
Drug: Biosimilar recombinant FSH
Drug: Urinary FSH
Registration Number
NCT02503605
Lead Sponsor
IVI Madrid
Brief Summary

Biosimilar drug marketing of recombinant FSH for the treatment of infertility is another step in simplifying fertility treatments, making them easier to manage and more accessible to patients. Taking in mind these arguments ,the study is proposed for determining equivalence in terms of biological effectiveness of an ovarian stimulation protocol with biosimilar recombinant FSH stimulation protocol vs. urinary FSH in oocyte donation program.

Detailed Description

Biosimilar products are drugs "like" biotechnological origin to other innovative biological medicines and that can be marketed once the patent has expired. These drugs are intended to achieve the same therapeutic benefit as biological medicinal resembles.

Because of the similarity in both the active substance in the formulation, it is intended to demonstrate the equivalence between the biosimilar medicine of recombinant FSH and FSH of urinary origin in terms of fitness.

The investigators' main objective is to perform a non-inferiority trial of biosimilar recombinant FSH product compared to a conventional ovarian stimulation protocol with urinary FSH in relation to the number of oocytes retrieved and the number of metaphase II oocytes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
130
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients aged 18-35 years who meet the criteria for entry into the oocyte donor program and that are going to undergo controlled ovarian stimulation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient with a basal antral count> 20 follicles in total or <6 antral follicles per ovary
  • Patients with comorbidities that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the treatment of ovarian stimulation
  • The presence of ovarian cysts that judgment of the investigator would interfere with the stimulation or may pose a risk to the donor
  • BMI <18 kg / m2
  • BMI> 30 kg / m2
  • Severe hypersensitivity to drugs with similar structure

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Biosimilar recombinant FSHBiosimilar recombinant FSHUnder current practice, 65 participants will be stimulated with 150 international units (IU)/day biosimilar recombinant FSH, .Daily doses of 0.25 miligrams gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist will start on day 6 of stimulation. From this day may also vary the dose of recombinant FSH biosimilar according ovarian response. In the presence of 3 or more follicles ≥17 mm, a single dose of 0.1 miligram GnRH agonist will be administered for triggering final oocyte maturation
Urinary FSHUrinary FSHUnder current practice, 65 participants will be stimulated with 150 IU/day of urinary FSH. Daily doses of 0.25 miligrams gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist will start on day 6 of stimulation From this day may also vary the dose of urinary FSH according ovarian response. In the presence of 3 or more follicles ≥17 mm, a single dose of 0.1 miligram GnRH agonist will be administered for triggering final oocyte maturation
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of metaphase II oocytes1 day
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Days of treatment2 weeks
Total dose of gonadotropins (IU)2 weeks
Estradiol concentration the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration (picograms/mililiterl)1 day
Progesterone concentration the day of hCG administration (nanograms/mililiter)1 day
Fertilization rate1 day
Percentage of cryopreserved embryos2 weeks
Implantation rate2 weeks
Cancellation rate1 week
Degree of satisfaction (numbers 0-10)1 month
Apoptosis rate in granulosa cells1 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

IVI Madrid

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Madrid, Spain

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