Effect of clomiphene citrate and Dingkun Dan on ovulation induction and clinical pregnancy of polycystic ovary syndrome

Abstract

The evaluation is based on clomiphene citrate (CC)+gonadotropin (Gn), clinical study on CC and Dingkun Dan's treatment on ovulation induction and clinical pregnancy effect of PCOS, and to provide ideas and methods for traditional Chinese medicine assisted reproductive treatment. This study selected 60 PCOS infertility patients treated with ovulation induction in reproductive medicine clinic, Jiangsu Province Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine during 2015-10-01-2017-04-23. They were randomly divided into two groups： Group A (CC+Gn+HCG) and Group B (CC+Gn+Dingkun Dan). These results were observed and compared including cycle ovulation rate, cycle cancellation rate, cycle pregnancy rate, cumulative pregnancy rate, endometrial thickness, duration of Gn, total amount of Gn, the occurring rate of luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Group A had lower cycle ovulation rate, cycle pregnancy rate, cumulative pregnancy rate and endometrial thickness, compared with Group B, the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05). However, Group A had higher cycle cancellation rate, duration of Gn and total amount of Gn, compared with Group B, the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05). In this study, no case of LUFS or OHSS was found in all patients. CC and Dingkun Dan had the effect of promoting ovulation on PCOS infertility patients, and CC+Gn+Dingkun Dan could elevate clinical pregnancy rate.