A randomized controlled clinical trial:the treatment effects of tamoxifen on patients with thin endometrium undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Objective Previous studies regarding the effects of tamoxifen ( TAM) on the thin endometrium are rare .The aim of this study was to explore the effects of TAM on patients with thin endometrium undergoing frozen thawed embryo transfer ( FET ) . Methods One hundred and thirty three patients with thin endometri-um undergoing FET treatment were recruited from January 2014 to June 2016, who canceled embryo transfer ( ET) or after FET due to thin endometrium in natural cycle or hormone replacement therapy cycle .Patients were randomly divided into letrozole ( LE,n=72) group or tamoxifen (TAM,n=61) group.All of the patients started to have oral pills of Estradiol Valerate 4 mg/d on the third day of menstruating cycles , then 6mg/d on the eighth day ,after 10~12 days then having ultrasonic monitoring of endometrial thickness and blood estradiol (E2), progesterone levels, It′s called endometrial preparation for hormone replacement cycle .To letrozole, tamoxifen group,the way of endometrial preparation were as followspatients started to have oral pills of LE 2.5mg/d,TAM 40 mg/d on the third day of menstruating cycles for 5 days, then having ultrasonic monitoring and used drug of human chorionic gonadotropic hormone ,It′s called HCG day .After the dominant follicle ovulation then took progesterone intramuscular injection 40 mg/d, oral progesterone 20 mg/d to change endometrium ,then to transplant cleavage embryos or blastocysts after taking 3 or 5 days of progesterone , It′s called embryo transplanting day .The way of TAM endometrium preparation was called TAM cycle .The general data , hormone levels and clinical out-come between two groups were analyzed . Results The serum estradiol level of LE group both on HCG and transfer day [(1193.80± 629.64)ng/L vs (2776.30±157.34)ng/L;(1195.90±820.30)ng/L vs (2129.40±1208.71) ng/L,P=0.000] were statistically lower, serum luteinizing hormone level were statistically higher than TAM group [(20.48±15.50)IU/L vs (10.59±8.34)IU/L,P<0.05];im-plantation rate of LE group were statistically lower than TAM (39.32%vs 45.83%,P=0.001).The endometrial thickness and serum E 2 and P levels in TAM cycles were significantly higher compared with those in hormone replacement therapy cycle [(8.49±1.36)mm vs (6.43±0.96)mm,P=0.018]. Conclusion Tam compared LE with patients of thin endometrium undergoing FET can increased en -dometrial thickness and improve implantation rate ,thus Providing a new solution to thin endometrium .