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Table 2 Clinical response for the 120 patients who received Bravelle® and the 118 patients who received Follistim®.

From: Highly purified human-derived follicle-stimulating hormone (Bravelle®) has equivalent efficacy to follitropin-beta (Follistim ®) in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Parameter

Bravelle® (n = 120)

Follistim® (n = 118)

P-value

Day 1 of stimulationa

   

   Serum FSH (mIU/mL)

4.6+1.7

4.9+2.2

0.155

   Serum LH (mIU/mL)

4.6+2.9

4.6+2.6

0.894

   Serum E2 (pg/mL)

23.7 +11.8

22.6 +10.4

0.442

Mean days of FSH therapy

9.1 ± 1.6

9.2 ± 1.5

0.645

Mean total dose of FSH (IU)

2313.8 ± 837.1

2262.7 ± 736.8

0.613

Mean peak estradiol levels (pg/mL)

1893.4 ± 1154.8

1888.9 ± 1131.9

0.817

  1. Data are means ± SD. There were no significant differences between groups on any parameter. aSerum levels taken on the first day of gonadotropin stimulation.