Analogues of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the treatment of women with uterine fibroids

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https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2023.266

Dovletkhanova E.R., Abakarova P.R., Mezhevitinova E.A.
Academician V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Uterine fibroids are a common gynecological disease in women of reproductive age which can cause significant clinical problems. The development and growth of uterine fibroids involve a number of pathogenetic factors including genetic and epigenetic factors, an imbalance of steroid hormones, cell proliferation and apoptosis, etc. Uterine fibroids can develop due to a number of factors directly related to the activity of the ovaries. Estradiol and progesterone play a significant role. Various tactics for managing patients with uterine fibroids include not only surgical, but also conservative treatment methods. Therefore, it is possible to make treatment individualized taking into account the symptoms, the size and location of fibroids, as well as the age, needs and desires of the patient to preserve fertility and achieve motherhood. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (aGnRH) were among the first medications recommended for the treatment of fibroids. AGnRH is a number of effective drugs that affect not only the symptoms caused by uterine fibroids, but also impact the size of myomatous nodes. The representative of aGnRH is buserelin, a synthetic analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone. The effectiveness of conservative therapy of uterine fibroids using buserelin has been evaluated in a number of studies.
Conclusion: The use of aGnRH allows one to control the symptoms of uterine fibroids, such as bleeding and pain syndrome, reduce the volume of the myomatous node, which may lead to a subsequent reduction in the volume of surgical intervention. Buserelin, as the form of aGnRH, is effectively used not only in the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids before subsequent surgical intervention, but it can be used in complex therapy before pregnancy planning by ART methods in women with uterine fibroids and infertility.

Authors’ contributions: Dovletkhanova E.R., Abakarova P.R., Mezhevitinova E.A. – developing the concept and design of the study, collecting and processing the material, selection of literature on the stated issue, writing the text, editing.
Conflicts of interest: Authors declare lack of the possible conflicts of interests.
Funding: The study was conducted without sponsorship.
For citation: Dovletkhanova E.R., Abakarova P.R., Mezhevitinova E.A. Analogues of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the treatment of women with uterine fibroids.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2024; (3): 172-178 (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2023.266

uterine fibroids

leiomyoma

gonadotropin-releasing hormone

gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists

buserelin

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Received 17.11.2023

Accepted 17.12.2023

Elmira R. Dovletkhanova, PhD, Senior Researcher, Scientific Polyclinic Department, Academician V.I. Kulakov NMRC for OG&P, Ministry of Health of Russia,
+7(495)438-69-34, e_dovletkhanova@oparina4.ru, 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparin str., 4.
Patimat R. Abakarova, PhD, Researcher, Scientific Polyclinic Department, Academician V.I. Kulakov NMRC for OG&P, Ministry of Health of Russia,
+7(495)438-69-34, abakarova2002@mail.ru, 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparin str., 4.
Elena A. Mezhevitinova, PhD, Leading Researcher, Scientific Polyclinic Department, V.I. Kulakov NMRC for OG&P, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)438-69-34, mejevitinova@mail.ru, 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparin str., 4.

Analogues of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the treatment of women with uterine fibroids

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