title: Does Adding Dexamethasone to Clomiphene Citrate Improve Ovulation in PCOS Patients? A Triple - Blind Randomized Clinical Trial Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A common cause of anovulation is polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Clomiphene citrate (CC) is the first line of treatment in PCOS patients however approximately 25% of patients may be CC-resistant. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of adding dexamethasone (dex) to CC in CC-resistant PCOS patients with the intent to improve ovulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This randomized controlled trial study was performed on 60 infertile PCOS patients referred to our infertility research center from 2007 to 2009. Patients were randomly divided in two groups and stimulation performed with dex+CC or CC+placebo. Rates of ovulation, pregnancy and number of mature follicles were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ovulation rate in the dex+CC group was 21 out of 30 (70%) and in the CC+placebo group it was 17 out of 30 (56.7%). The pregnancy rate was 5 (16.7%) in the dex+CC group and 3 (10%) in the CC+placebo group. There was no significant difference between rates of ovulation and pregnancy in both groups, but the number of follicles ≥18 mm were significant in the dex+CC group (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that addition of dex to cc significantly increased the number of matured follicles, however the ovulation and pregnancy rates were comparable between the two groups (Registeration Number: IRCT 138807041760 N2).
authors.forename: Seddigheh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esmaeilzadeh
authors.forename: Masoumeh Golsorkhtabar
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Amiri
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Basirat
authors.forename: Mahin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirazi
keywords: Clomiphene Citrate; Dexamethasone; PCOS