Use of donor gametes and embryos for the treatment of infertility

Bichevaya N.K., Leontyeva O.A., Saifitdinova A.F., Pastukhova Yu.R., Kuznetsova R.A., Nevskaya E.E., Reshetnikov I.V., Panina A.N., Samoilovich Ya.A., Pashina O.B., Puppo I.L., Isakova E.V.

1) International Center for Reproductive Medicine, Saint Petersburg, Russia; 2) A.I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; 3) V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of programs using donor gametes and embryos for the treatment of infertility by assisted reproductive technologies (ART).
Materials and methods. The investigation used data on the effectiveness of ART cycles using donor sperm (DS), both fresh and cryopreserved donor oocytes (DOs, or donor embryos (DEs), including those after preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A).
Results. Analysis of the effectiveness of 165 cycles with DS revealed a relationship of the effectiveness of programs using DS to a woman’s age. The analysis of that of 299 cycles with DOs showed no significant differences in the programs using fresh and cryopreserved DOs. The results of 32 cycles with DEs suggest their high efficiency.
Conclusion. The findings suggest that the use of donor gametes and embryos in the ART programs is highly effective in overcoming infertility. These programs used in accordance with clinical indications allow pregnancy to be achieved in patients who have significant restrictions on the use of their own gametes.

Keywords

assisted reproductive technologies
oocyte donor
sperm donor
cultivation
cryopreservation
preimplantation genetic testing

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Received 30.07.2020

Accepted 20.10.2020

About the Authors

Natalia K. Bichevaya, Head of the Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: bichevaya@mcrm.ru. ORCID: 0000-0001-8866-5821. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Olga A. Leonteva, Embryologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: olga_leont@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0002-3667-0511. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Alsu F. Saifitdinova, Associate Professor, Department of Human and Animal Anatomy and Physiology, A.I. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia;
Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: saifitdinova@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0002-1221-479X.
48 Moyka Embankment, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia; 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Yanina A. Samoylovich, Ph.D, obstetrician-gynecologist of Assisted Reproductive Technologies department, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: yanasam@yandex.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-2627-0028. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Yuliya R. Pastukhova, Embryologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: yrpast@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0002-8531-4214. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Igor V. Reshetnikov, PhD, Embryologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: reshetnikov@mcrm.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-0146-7465. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Alisa N. Panina, Embryologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: alisa@panina.net. ORCID: 0000-0002-2713-2068. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Elizaveta E. Nevskaia, Embryologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
E-mail: elizaveta.nevsk@yandex.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-0626-6048. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Rena A. Kuznetsova, Embryologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
E-mail: kuznetsova@mcrm.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-4195-6968. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Olga B. Pashina, Biologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: olgaP01@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0001-8065-8889. 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Irina L. Puppo, Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre
of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; Biologist, Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, International Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: il_trofimova@list.ru. ORCID: 0000-0001-8538-3845.
2 Akkuratova str., St. Petersburg, 197341, Russia; 53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.
Elvira V. Isakova, Ph.D, obstetrician-gynecologist of Assisted Reproductive Technologies department, Head of the Department of Assisted Reproductive Technologies International Centre for Reproductive Medicine. Tel.: +7(812)327-19-50. E-mail: elvira@mcrm.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-4462-6606.
53/1 Komendantskij prospect, St. Petersburg, 197350, Russia.

For citation: Bichevaya N.K., Leontyeva O.A., Saifitdinova A.F., Pastukhova Yu.R., Kuznetsova R.A., Nevskaya E.E., Reshetnikov I.V., Panina A.N., Samoilovich Ya.A., Pashina O.B., Puppo I.L., Isakova E.V. Use of donor gametes and embryos for the treatment of infertility.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020; 11: 190-196 (in Russian).
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2020.11.190-196

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