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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03034941
Date of registration: 04/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Public title: Short Term Weight Loss With Liraglutide and Metformin in Infertile Obese PCOS Patients
Scientific title: Short Term Weight Loss With Liraglutide and Metformin Before IVF in Infertile Obese PCOS Patients
Date of first enrolment: April 2014
Target sample size: 35
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03034941
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Slovenia
Contacts
Name:     Eda Vrtacnik Bokal, professor
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Affiliation:  University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- polycystic ovary syndrome (rotterdam criteria)

- BMI of 30 kg/m² or higher

- Infertility for IVF with normal male sperm

Exclusion Criteria:

- type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus

- history of carcinoma

- Cushing's syndrome or congenital (non-classic) adrenal hyperplasia

- personal or family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia 2

- significant cardiovascular, kidney or hepatic disease

- the use of medications known or suspected to affect reproductive or metabolic
functions

- the use of statins, within 90 days prior to study entry



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 38 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Obesity
PCOS
Intervention(s)
Drug: Liraglutide + metformin
Drug: Metformin
Primary Outcome(s)
The main outcome was change in BMI [Time Frame: Patient's BMI was measured at the beginning and every four weeks during 12 weeks of clinical trial.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Impact of the short term weight loss 5% or more before IVF on oocyte maturity in infertile obese PCOS population. [Time Frame: patients were introduced to IVF one month after completed weight loss therapy]
Impact of the short term weight loss 5% or more before IVF on oocyte number of blastocysts in infertile obese PCOS population. [Time Frame: patients were introduced to IVF one month after completed weight loss therapy]
Secondary ID(s)
Obesity,PCOS and IVF
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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