NCT01665547

Adding L-carnitine in Clomiphene Resistant Polycystic Ovary Improves the Quality of Ovulation and the Pregnancy Outcome

Adding L-carnitine in Clomiphene Resistant Pco Improves the Quality of Ovulation and the Pregnancy Outcome,a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 157 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Woman's Health University Hospital, Egypt · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Adding L-carnitine is more successful than clomiphene as a first line therapy for ovulation induction in women with clomiphene resistant PCOS

Detailed description

Patients younger than 35 years, presenting with primary or secondary infertility following regular intercourse for at least 1 year and diagnosed with PCO according to Rotterdam's criteria who had received five unsuccessful clomiphene citrate-timed intercourse stimulation cycles were included.

Conditions

• Treatment Resistant Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	l-carnitine	3gm l-carnitine from day 1 to day 12 of the menstrual cycle

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2012-08-15
• Last updated: 2013-09-10