Relationship of follicle number and other factors to fecundability and multiple pregnancy in clomiphene citrate-induced intrauterine insemination cycles

Richard P. Dickey, Terry T. Olar, Steven N. Taylor, David N. Curole, Phillip H. Rye
In: Fertility and Sterility · 1992 · vol. 57(3) , pp. 613–619 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54909-7 · W3121327454
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This study examined how follicle count and other variables impact pregnancy rates and multiple pregnancies in intrauterine insemination cycles stimulated with clomiphene citrate.

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ObjectiveTo determine characteristics associated with pregnancy and multiple gestation after clomiphene citrate (CC)-intrauterine insemination (IUI).DesignProspective study of all patients undergoing CC-IUI between January 1, 1983 and December 31, 1989.SettingPrivate fertility clinic.PatientsEight hundred forty-nine patients undergoing 1,974 cycles of CC-IUI.Main outcome measuresRelationship between number and size of preovulatory follicles, age, additional infertility diagnosis, medication, and initial semen quality to fecundity, birth, and multiple gestation.ResultsUncorrected, per cycle fecundity was 7.2%. The number of follicles greater than or equal to 12 mm (r = 0.055, P less than 0.05) was and the number greater than or equal to 15, 18, and 21 mm was not correlated with fecundity. Endometriosis with (P = 0.013) or without (P less than 0.0005) tubal adhesions and tubal adhesions alone (P = 0.005), decreased fecundability by 50%. Initial semen quality did not affect fecundity, unless semen concentration was less than 5 x 10(6)/mL or motility was less than 20%. Multiple pregnancy was not associated with the dose of CC, use of human chorionic gonadotropin, or number of follicles.ConclusionsMultiple pregnancy was unrelated to follicle numbers or to CC dose. The highest birth rates after CC-IUI occurred when initial sperm concentration was greater than or equal to 5 x 10(6)/mL, motility was greater than or equal to 20%, and no endometriosis or adhesions were present.

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