NICE updates clinical guideline on fertility (CG156)

Source: NICE Area: Evidence > Guidelines NICE has updated its 2004 clinical guideline on fertility (CG 156) which offers evidence-based advice on the care and treatment of people with fertility problems.   Under the updated recommendations, NICE says that under certain criteria, women aged between 40 and 42 years should be offered one full cycle of IVF with or without intracytoplasmic sperm, if they have not conceived after two years of regular unprotected intercourse, or 12 cycles of artificial insemination where six or more are by intrauterine insemination. A full cycle is now defined as including one episode of ovarian stimulation and the transfer of any resultant fresh and frozen embryos.   The updated guideline also recommends that IVF treatment should be made available for eligible women earlier than was previously recommended and that oral ovarian stimulation agents, such as clomiphene citrate, anastrozole or letrozole, should not be offered to women with unexplained fertility.   See ...
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