In vitro maturation (IVM) is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) using minimal or no ovarian stimulation. In IVM, immature oocytes at the germinal vesical (GV) or metaphase I (MI) stage retrieved from small antral follicles are cultured to reach metaphase II (MII) (ASRM, 2021). Since the first successful IVM baby was reported, subsequent studies have been mostly focused on patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to reduce the risks associated with ovarian stimulation such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), thromboembolic complications and ovarian torsion (Cha et al., 1991; Chian et al., 2000). Numerous IVM protocols have been applied with or without FSH or hCG priming and using one step or two steps culture system to gain the optimum oocyte maturation rate, blastulation rate and live birth rate (Sanchez et al., 2019; De Vos et al., 2021). A randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted on women with high antral follicle count, including women with PCOS, indicated that CAPA-IVM was non-inferior to conventional IVF (Vuong et al., 2020). Studies also showed that the mental and motor development of children born after IVM was similar to that of those born after IVF and naturally conceived (Nguyen et al., 2022; Vuong et al., 2022). Additionally, IVM is considered an effective treatment for women with gonadotropin resistant ovary syndrome to have children with their own oocytes (Le et al., 2021). IVM is also a viable option for fertility preservation for women with cancer in need of urgent treatment and contraindicated to hormonal stimulation (Grynberg et al., 2022). There is little evidence on the effectiveness of IVM on women without PCOS. Junk et al have compared the effectiveness of IVM between women with polycystic ovaries (PCO) and polycystic ovary syndrome (Junk and Yeap, 2012). Women with PCO had significantly lower oocytes collected than those with PCOS (p\<0,001), maturation rate, blastocyst development rate, and clinical pregnancy rate were comparable between two groups (Junk and Yeap, 2012). Another study indicated the maturation rate after standard IVM of ovarian tissue-derived oocytes collected from cancer patients was 8-67% (Segers et al., 2020). A study conducted by Kirillova on ovarian cancer patients with normal to high ovarian reserve showed that CAPA-IVM resulted in a higher maturation rate in ovarian tissue oocytes compared to standard IVM (56% vs 36%, p=0.0045) (Kirillova et al., 2021). Recently, IVF/ICSI has been indicated in almost all infertility patients without PCOS. A randomized controlled trial on non-PCOS women with high antral follicle counts revealed no significant differences between IVM and conventional IVF regarding the ongoing pregnancy rate, live birth rate and the incidence of pregnancy and perinatal complications (Vuong et al., 2020). IVM offers numerous advantages due to the concept of using mild or no stimulation. The risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome is largely eliminated, the cost of treatment is notably reduced. IVM is also more convenient as it requires fewer patient visits, ultrasounds and blood tests (Ho and Vuong, 2023). Therefore, this pilot study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of CAPA-IVM in ovulatory infertile women and evaluate its success rate in relation to their ovarian reserve.
Age range
18 Years – 37 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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Number of metaphase II oocytes available after CAPA-IVM culture
Timeframe: 24-48 hours after eggs retrieved