Pioglitazone Versus Metformin as First Treatment in Infertile Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-03-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Participants with PCOS will be divided into two groups then each group will randomly recieve one of the following treatment

1. metformin will be adminstered in adose of 500 mg 3 times daily for 3 months to group B.

2. pioglitazone will be administered in adose of 30 mg dialy for 3 months to group A.

3. Induction of ovulation by clomiphene citate 50 mg tablets to all participants

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Citric Acid; Clomiphene; Enclomiphene; Metformin; Pioglitazone; Zuclomiphene

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• women age 20_35

• BMI 18_29.9

• Women with PCOS(diagnosed by using Rotterdam criteria

• Infertility is cause for seeking tfeatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Causes of infertility other than PCOS.

• patient refusal.

• Contraindication of any of the drugs used in the study

• Cause of oligo/anovulation other than PCOS

• Current or previous (within the last six month) use of oral contraceptives, glucocorticoids, antiandrogens, antidiabetics, antiobesity drugs or other hormonal drugs.