Pioglitazone Versus Metformin as First Treatment in Infertile Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT03566225

Last Updated: 2021-06-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-30

Study Completion Date

2021-03-30

Brief Summary

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Participants with PCOS will be divided into two groups then each group will randomly recieve one of the following treatment

1. metformin will be adminstered in adose of 500 mg 3 times daily for 3 months to group B.
2. pioglitazone will be administered in adose of 30 mg dialy for 3 months to group A.
3. Induction of ovulation by clomiphene citate 50 mg tablets to all participants

Detailed Description

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Participants with PCOS will be divided into two groups then each group will randomly recieve one of the following treatment

1. metformin will be adminstered in adose of 500 mg 3 times daily for 3 months to group B.
2. pioglitazone will be administered in adose of 30 mg dialy for 3 months to group A.
3. Induction of ovulation by clomiphene citate 50 mg tablets once or twice dialy 12hours apart starting from the 3rd day of menstrual cycle and continue for five days during treatment with insulin sensitizing agents to group A and B.

Participants with oligomenorrhea will recieve two tablets of noreththisterone 5 mg tab every 12 hours for 5 days to allow for withdrawal bleeding before start ovulation induction

Conditions

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Pioglitazone

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Group A

Pioglitazone in adose 30 mg tablet will be administered dialy+ clomiphene citrate as ovulation induction

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Pioglitazone

Intervention Type DRUG

Insulin sensitizing agents

Clomiphene Citrate

Intervention Type DRUG

Induction drug

Group B

Metformin in adose 1500 mg dialy will be administered + clomiphene citrate

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Metformin

Intervention Type DRUG

Insulin sensitizing agent

Clomiphene Citrate

Intervention Type DRUG

Induction drug

Interventions

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Pioglitazone

Insulin sensitizing agents

Intervention Type DRUG

Metformin

Insulin sensitizing agent

Intervention Type DRUG

Clomiphene Citrate

Induction drug

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Glustazon Cidophage Clomid

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* women age 20\_35
* BMI 18\_29.9
* Women with PCOS(diagnosed by using Rotterdam criteria
* Infertility is cause for seeking tfeatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Causes of infertility other than PCOS.
* patient refusal.
* Contraindication of any of the drugs used in the study
* Cause of oligo/anovulation other than PCOS
* Current or previous (within the last six month) use of oral contraceptives, glucocorticoids, antiandrogens, antidiabetics, antiobesity drugs or other hormonal drugs.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ain Shams University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Asmaa Abdelbadea Ali Salih

Cairo

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Asmaa Salih, Resident

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

AinShams University

Locations

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Ain Shams Univerisity

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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AinShamaU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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