Miniflare Versus Long Protocol in Poor Responders

The study is performed to compare the outcomes of two stimulation protocols, the minidose long protocol versus the microdose flare protocol in poor responders undergoing IVF/ICSI.

Inclusion Criteria:

• poor responder women who fulfilled the criteria defined by the ESHRE consensus in 2011[4]; Poor responder females are those who possess two out of these three criteria: i) Female age ≥40 years; ii) Females who have at least one previous cancelled IVF cycle; iii) POR according to AFC ≤5 or low AMH value.

Exclusion Criteria:

• females with FSH more than 20 IU/L
• females with previous ovarian surgery
• females suffering from causes of infertility other than poor ovarian response, cases with polycystic ovaries syndrome
• females refusing to be enrolled in the study, females with any endocrine disorder such as: diabetes, thyroid
• patients with male factor of infertility.