Live birth rate per woman · anovulatory women with clomiphene citrate‐failure
Gonadotrophins probably leads to higher live birth rate per woman compared with continued clomiphene citrate (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Multiple pregnancy rate · anovulatory women with clomiphene citrate‐failure
Gonadotrophins showed no clear difference in incidence of multiple pregnancy per woman compared with continued clomiphene citrate (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical pregnancy rate · anovulatory women with clomiphene citrate‐failure
Gonadotrophins probably leads to higher clinical pregnancy rate per woman compared with continued clomiphene citrate (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Miscarriage · anovulatory women with clomiphene citrate‐failure
Gonadotrophins may leads to higher miscarriages per woman compared with continued clomiphene citrate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OHSS · anovulatory women with clomiphene citrate‐failure
1 finding from 1 review
Live birth rate per couple · Men with idiopathic male factor subfertility
It is very uncertain whether gonadotrophins changes live birth rate per couple randomly assigned compared with placebo/no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Spontaneous pregnancy rate per couple randomly assigned · Men with idiopathic male factor subfertility
Gonadotrophins probably leads to higher spontaneous pregnancy rate per couple randomly assigned compared with placebo/no treatment (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Multiple pregnancy rate · intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women with infertility
Gonadotrophins with anti‐oestrogens showed no clear difference in multiple pregnancy rate per couple compared with gonadotropins alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical pregnancy rate · intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women with infertility
It is very uncertain whether gonadotrophins with anti‐oestrogens changes clinical pregnancy rate per couple compared with gonadotropins alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OHSS · intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women with infertility
Gonadotrophins with anti‐oestrogens showed no clear difference in OHSS rate per couple compared with gonadotropins alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Improvement in androgenic symptoms · Women with symptoms of PCOS
It is very uncertain whether LOD changes improvement in androgenic symptoms at 6 months (hirsutism/acne) ‐… compared with medical interventions (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 3.2 [0.33, 30.94]
Studies not reported
Very low
Harms: GI Upset at 6 months ‐ LOD vs metformin + clomiphene N of participants: 332 (2 RCTs) Harms: OHSS rates at 6 months ‐ LOD vs gonadotrophins N of participants: 33 (1 RCT) · Women with symptoms of PCOS
LOD probably leads to lower harms: GI Upset at 6 months ‐ LOD vs metformin + clomiphene N of… compared with medical interventions (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.05 [0.01, 0.36]
Studies not reported
Moderate
Live birth rate per woman · ovulation induction in polycystic ovarian syndrome
Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone showed no clear difference in live birth rate per woman compared with urinary‐derived gonadotrophins (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Multiple pregnancy rate · ovulation induction in polycystic ovarian syndrome
Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone showed no clear difference in incidence of multiple pregnancy (per woman) compared with urinary‐derived gonadotrophins (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical pregnancy rate · ovulation induction in polycystic ovarian syndrome
Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone showed no clear difference in clinical pregnancy rate per woman compared with urinary‐derived gonadotrophins (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Miscarriage · ovulation induction in polycystic ovarian syndrome
Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone showed no clear difference in miscarriage rate per woman compared with urinary‐derived gonadotrophins (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OHSS · ovulation induction in polycystic ovarian syndrome
It is very uncertain whether recombinant follicle stimulating hormone changes incidence of OHSS per woman compared with urinary‐derived gonadotrophins (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Live birth rate per woman · Women undergoing ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins in IVF and ICSI procedures
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Clinical pregnancy · Women undergoing ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins in IVF and ICSI procedures
Monitoring ovarian stimulation by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) only showed no clear difference in clinical pregnancy per woman compared with monitoring with TVUS plus serum estradiol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mean number of oocytes retrieved per woman · Women undergoing ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins in IVF and ICSI procedures
1 finding from 1 review