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October 2006, Vol. 7, No. 15, Pages 2155-2168 , DOI 10.1517/14656566.7.15.2155

Cetrorelix in the treatment of female infertility and endometriosis
Dominique Finas1, Daniela Hornung2, Klaus Diedrich3 & Askan Schultze-Mosgau4
1Head of the Department of Andrology and the Out-Patient Clinic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany.
2Head of the Department of Endometriosis, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
3Professor, Head of the Clinic, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
4Head of the Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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The use of cetrorelix within ovarian-stimulation protocols demonstrates several advantages compared with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist-containing protocols, which include, for example, significantly less time for analogue treatment and a reduction in the amount of gonadotropins needed. Furthermore, fewer side effects can be expected. There is no difference regarding endometrium quality and hormone profiles, and the results of assisted reproduction cycles are comparable. Cetrorelix also seems to be useful in the treatment of endometriosis which, in most cases, is an estrogen-dependent disease. Furthermore, fewer side effects occur with this agent (e.g., postmenopausal symptoms) and no estradiol add-back is needed. In the future, new nonpeptic GnRH antagonists are expected to be available for oral administration. Although they are still under investigation, these agents have the potential to improve patients’ comfort and compliance.

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Authors:
Dominique Finas
Daniela Hornung
Klaus Diedrich
Askan Schultze-Mosgau
Keywords:
cetrorelix
drug therapy
endometriosis
female infertility
gonadotropin
gonadotropin-releasing hormone
gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist
gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist