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About 10-15% of all couples attempting to conceive will not become pregnant within one year. Among those, the majority will have ovulatory dysfunction, mild male infertility or unexplained infertility. The traditional first line therapy for those couples is ovulation induction or superovulation using clomiphene citrate. Probably due to anti-estrogenic effects of this agent will, some patients will have a thin endometrium as measured by sonography at the time of ovulation. This phenomenon may be associated with a lower chance to conceive. Tamoxifen is a similar molecule that has been used to clomiphene citrate that has been shown to be equally effective to clomiphene in ovulation induction. Preliminary observations showed that tamoxifen does not cause a negative effect on the endometrium as compared with clomiphene, and may increase the chance to conceive in those patients who have a thin endometrium under clomiphene.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tamoxifen | Drug | |||
| clomiphene citrate | Drug |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Pregnancy rate | ||
| delivery rate |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| endometrium thickness | ||
| percentage of ovulation | ||
| number of follicles |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avi Tsafrir, MD | Contact | 972-508573805 | avits@scmz.org.il |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Avi Tsafrir, MD | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaare-Zedek Medical Center | Recruiting | Jerusalem | Israel |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15845599 | Background | Steiner AZ, Terplan M, Paulson RJ. Comparison of tamoxifen and clomiphene citrate for ovulation induction: a meta-analysis. Hum Reprod. 2005 Jun;20(6):1511-5. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deh840. Epub 2005 Apr 21. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D007246 | Infertility |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D013629 | Tamoxifen |
| D002996 | Clomiphene |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D013267 | Stilbenes |
| D001597 | Benzylidene Compounds |
| D001555 | Benzene Derivatives |
| D006841 | Hydrocarbons, Aromatic |
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| D006844 |
| Hydrocarbons, Cyclic |
| D006838 | Hydrocarbons |
| D009930 | Organic Chemicals |