Miriam M F Hanstede, Karlijn J van Stralen, Jan F M Molkenboer, Sebastiaan Veersema, Mark Hans Emanuel
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate if adjuvant hormones after successful adhesiolysis lead to a reduction in spontaneous recurrence of adhesions and influence reproductive outcomes.
Methods: A single-blind randomized controlled trial comparing administration of oral estrogen (the usual care group) with not giving estrogen (no estrogen) in women after successful adhesiolysis for Asherman syndrome. Women were included between September 2013 and February 2017, with a follow-up of 3 years to monitor recurrences and reproductive outcomes. Analyses were based on an intention to treat analyses. This study was registered under NL9655.
Results: A total of 114 women were included. At 1 year, virtually all patients (except 3) were either having a recurrence or were pregnant. Women who did not receive estrogen did not have more recurrences of adhesions in the first year prior to pregnancy (66.1% in the usual care group, 52.7% in the no-estrogen group, p = 0.15). Of the women in usual care, 89.8% got pregnant within 3 years, and 67.8% got a living child; this was 83.6% and 60.0%, respectively, in the no-estrogen group (p = 0.33 and p = 0.39, respectively).
Conclusion: Usual care does not lead to better outcomes as compared with not giving exogenous estrogen but is associated with side effects.
期刊介绍:
Reproductive Medicine and Biology (RMB) is the official English journal of the Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Japan Society of Fertilization and Implantation, the Japan Society of Andrology, and publishes original research articles that report new findings or concepts in all aspects of reproductive phenomena in all kinds of mammals. Papers in any of the following fields will be considered: andrology, endocrinology, oncology, immunology, genetics, function of gonads and genital tracts, erectile dysfunction, gametogenesis, function of accessory sex organs, fertilization, embryogenesis, embryo manipulation, pregnancy, implantation, ontogenesis, infectious disease, contraception, etc.