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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Neuroendocrine mechanism of anovulation in users of contraceptive subdermal implant of nomegestrol acetate (Uniplant) |
Other Titles: | Fertility and Sterility |
Authors: | Barnhart, Kurt T. Devoto, Luigi Pommer, Ricardo Sir Pettermann, Teresa Robinovic, Jorge Coutinho, Elsimar Metzker |
metadata.dc.creator: | Barnhart, Kurt T. Devoto, Luigi Pommer, Ricardo Sir Pettermann, Teresa Robinovic, Jorge Coutinho, Elsimar Metzker |
Abstract: | Objective: To evaluate a nomegestrol acetate subdermal contraceptive implant's (Uniplant; Thermex, Monaco) effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. Design: A prospective clinical trial. Setting: San Borja-Arriarán Clinical Hospital, University of Chile, School of Medicine. Patient(s): Normally cycling healthy women. Intervention(s): Insertion of Uniplant. Main Outcome Measure(s): Luteinizing hormone pulse and endocrine profiles were assessed before, 48 hours after insertion, and after prolonged use of the implant. Result(s): Anovulation was noted in 100% of users in the first month. Seventy percent of subjects demonstrated follicular development with the absence of ovulation and an endocrine profile similar to the follicular phase: (LH pulse/8 hours 6.85 ± 0.67, LH amplitude 3.54 ± 0.65 mlU/mL (conversion factor to SI unit, 1.00), and E2 193 ± 29.4 pg/mL (conversion factor to SI unit, 3.67), whereas 30% demonstrated no follicular activity with an endocrine profile similar to the luteal phase: (LH pulse/8 hours; 3.66 ± 0.66, LH amplitude 5.76 ± 1.73 mlU/mL, and E2 67.5 ± 4 pg/mL. Clinical characteristics, serum gonadotropin concentration, and LH pulse characteristics failed to predict which subjects would initiate or remain devoid of follicular activity. Conclusion(s): Uniplant results in anovulation via two mechanisms: hypothalamic suppression in subjects who lack follicular development, and likely suppression of the pituitary LH surge in subjects who initiate follicular activity. |
Keywords: | Nomegestrol acetate subdermal implants LH pulse hypothalamic pituitary fimction |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/8359 |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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