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Table 4 Published experiences with “random-start protocols”

From: Cancer and fertility preservation: international recommendations from an expert meeting

Author

No. patients

No. of retrieved oocytes

No. of cryopreserved oocytes/embryos

Maturation rate (%)

Fertilization rate (%)

Von Wolff et al. [65]

12

10.0 ± 5.7

NR

80.4

75.6

Michaan et al. [66]

22

8.8 ± 6.0

5.4 ± 4.5

NR

NR

Bedoschi et al. [67]

2

12

7

70.0

83.3

Sonmezer et al. [68]

3

9 - 17

7 - 10

58.8 – 77.7

69.2 – 87.5

Maman et al. [69]

5

12.8 ± 8.4

6.4 ± 6.6

48.6 ± 18.3

69.2 ± 47.4

Nayak et al. [70]

4

6 - 30

5 - 20

NR

93.3 – 100

Cakmak H et al. [71]

35

9.9 (7.7 – 12.7)

NR

67 (59 – 76)

87 (72–100)

Buendgen NK et al. [72]

10

8.8 (SD: 5.1)

NR

NR

63.6 (SD: 32.9)

Keskin U et al. [73]

3

4 - 16

3 - 9

NR

75

  1. NR not reported, SD standard deviation