Intranasal Nafarelin For Triggering Oocyte Maturation

Intranasal Nafarelin Compared to Subcutaneous Triptorelin for Triggering Final Oocyte Maturation in Ovarian Stimulation: a Non-inferiority Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial

This is a non-inferiority randomised, controlled clinical trial comparing subcutaneous triptorelin to intranasal nafarelin for the final maturation of oocytes in women undergoing fertility preservation cycles with oocyte cryopreservation undergoing ovarian stimulation.

Women meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomised to receive triggering for final oocyte maturation with 200 micrograms of subcutaneous triptorelin (control group) or 800 micrograms of intranasal nafarelin (experimental group). The primary outcome is the number of mature (metaphase 2 (MII)) oocytes collected.

The study has been designed with a non-inferiority limit of a difference of 2 mature oocytes, with 80% power and two-sided alpha of 0.05.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women undergoing fertility preservation cycles with oocyte cryopreservation
• Undergoing a progesterone-primed ovarian stimulation cycle (PPOS) with any commercially available gonadotropin preparation(s)
• BMI 18 - 30 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy or hypersensitivity to either of the study drugs
• Hypopituitarism
• Known pituitary tumour
• Contraindication to intranasal medication administration
• Previous poor response to agonist trigger