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Study aim
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-Comparison on the BMI -Comparison on the fertilization rate
-Comparison on the ovum count-Comparison on the ovum quality-Comparison on the embryo count -Comparison on the embryo quality -Comparison follicle count-Comparison on the follicle size -Comparison on the EP rate-Comparison on the abortion rate-Comparison on the OHSS rate
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Design
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two arm parallel group randomized trial with double bind , phase 3 on 140 patient
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Settings and conduct
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After patients entered the study and obtained informed consent in the infertility clinic of Yas Hospital and recorded demographic information including age, weight, height, body mass index, duration of infertility, type of infertility, history of abortion and EP and random drug selection by infertility resident and starting from three month before IVF cycle until ovum puncture,the size and count of follicles recorded by trans vaginal ultrasound .then performed IVF in IVF operating room of Yas Hospital.patients followed for pregnancy by beta HCG and ultrasound,as well as for abortion and EP. OHSS were carefully monitored for event during the cycle.
In this study, the drug was prescribed by a resident of the infertility clinic after random selection and the researcher and the statistical unit did not interfere in this process and were not aware and blinding was performed
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Infertile women with PCOS who were scheduled to undergoing IVF and had no other cause of infertility.
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Intervention groups
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Control group: Consumers of metformin as an old and common drug
Intervention group: Consumers of a new drug combining myo-inosito and acid folic
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Main outcome variables
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BMI, ovum count, ovum quality, embryo count, embryo quality, follicle size, follicle count, fertilization rate, abortion rate, EP rate, OHSS rate