Number of motile spermatozoa inseminated and pregnancy outcomes in intrauterine insemination. 2019

Palma G Gubert, and Jessica Pudwell, and Dean Van Vugt, and Robert L Reid, and Maria P Velez
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, 76 Stuart Street, Victory 4, Kingston, ON K7L 2V7 Canada.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether age modifies the effect of the number of motile spermatozoa inseminated (NMSI) as a predictor of success in Intrauterine Insemination (IUI). METHODS This retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwent IUI at an academic infertility center between October 2004 and June 2018. The primary outcome was clinical pregnancy (CP; a gestational sac and fetal heartbeat on ultrasound). Results were analyzed by patient factors including age, NMSI, duration of infertility, and cause of infertility, along with treatment factors such as number of follicles and ovulation induction protocol. Factors associated with the odds of achieving a clinical pregnancy were analyzed using binary logistic generalized estimating equations to control for clustering effects by couple. Female age was categorized as <35 years vs. ≥35 years. RESULTS Seven hundred thirty-seven couples that underwent 2062 IUI cycles for heterogeneous indications were included. The overall CP rate was 15.1% per cycle, and the cumulative CP rate per couple was 35.9%. For females < 35 years, the odds of CP per cycle were reduced for NMSI categories (× 106) of < 5.0 vs. ≥10.0 (OR = 0.49; 95% CI 0.29-0.83); the odds of CP per cycle did not differ for NMSI 5.0-9.9 vs. ≥10.0 (OR = 0.66; 0.37-1.18). For those ≥35 years, no difference was seen in the odds of CP per cycle for NMSI categories < 5.0 vs. ≥10.0 (OR = 1.55; 95% CI 0.72-3.31) or 5.0-9.9 vs. ≥10.0 (OR = 1.04; 95% CI 0.48-2.27). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the NMSI can be used as a predictor of success in IUI in couples with women who are < 35 years of age; these patients should be counselled about their lower pregnancy rates when the NMSI is < 5.0 × 106. In patients ≥35 years, the NMSI does not appear to be a useful predictor of success. Further studies with larger sample size should be conducted.

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