Update on GnRH in IVF - can we improve success?

Hilton Deansgate Hotel, Manchester

9th May 2008

 

Scientific Programme

09.30-10.00  Registration and coffee

10.00-10.15  Welcome and introduction (Luciano G. Nardo, Manchester)

Session I        Chairman: John D. Aplin, Manchester

10.15-10.45  The use of AMH to determine treatment strategy in normal and high-responders

                        (Richard Fleming, Glasgow)

10.45-11.15  Oocyte and embryo quality in GnRH agonists and antagonists cycles

                        (Moncef Benkhalifa, France)

11.15-11.45  Endometrial development in oocyte donors treated with GnRH antagonists versus GnRH

                       agonist  (Juan A. Garcia-Velasco, Spain)

11.45-12.00  Discussion

12.00-13.00  Lunch

Session II       Chairman: Charles Kingsland, Liverpool

13.15-13.45   GnRH agonist and antagonist protocols (William L. Ledger, Sheffield)

13.45-14.15   Is live birth after IVF affected by the type of GnRH analogue used?

                        (Tim Cordes, Germany)

14.15-14.30   Discussion

14.30-15.00   Coffee break

 Session III     Chairman:  Joo Thong, Edinburgh

15.30-16.45   Open discussion: what's the role of GnRH antagonists in assisted reproduction?

                        (All speakers)

16.45-17.00   Closing remarks (Luciano G. Nardo, Manchester)