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Follitropin Alfa/Beta

  • Biologic
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Follitropin Alfa/Beta does in the body

GONAL-f is indicated for: GONAL-f is a gonadotropin indicated for: Women: Induction of ovulation and pregnancy in oligo-anovulatory infertile women for whom the cause of infertility is functional and not due to primary ovarian failure.

GONAL-f stimulates ovarian follicular growth in women who do not have primary ovarian failure. In order to bring about final maturation of the follicle and ovulation in the absence of an endogenous LH surge, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) must be given, following the administration of GONAL-f, when monitoring of the patient indicates that sufficient follicular development is achieved. GONAL-f stimulates spermatogenesis in men with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism when administered with hCG.

Why people take it. GONAL-f is indicated for: GONAL-f is a gonadotropin indicated for: Women: Induction of ovulation and pregnancy in oligo-anovulatory infertile women for whom the cause of infertility is functional and not due to primary ovarian failure.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as protein.

    FDA substance registry · 076WHW89TW · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 151 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 40 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
Fertility and sexual healthNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Fertility and sexual health
testosterone

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
Who was studied is listed further down the page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Percentage of Participants With an Ongoing Pregnancy (Ongoing Pregnancy Rate)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00696800
How many people
1509
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Percentage of Participants With a Vital Pregnancy

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01144416
How many people
1424
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Ongoing Pregnancy Rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03296527
How many people
1011
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of Oocytes Retrieved

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02047227
How many people
939
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Pregnancy

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03737253
How many people
810
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Ongoing Pregnancy After One Fresh Embryo Replacement Cycle, Intention-to-treat (ITT) Analysis Set

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00884221
How many people
749
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route.

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • Europe PMC · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.1 registered measure of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals No evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.No animal record is stored.
  8. Cells in a dish No evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.No cell or bench record is stored.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • peak serum estradiol concentrations

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (39)
  • testosterone
  • oocytes retrieved
  • without premature luteinizing hormone surge
  • follicles greater than or equal to 15 mm on day of hcg
  • ovulation
  • women 1 live born infant during follow up
  • expectant mothers experiencing adverse events
  • expectant mothers experiencing serious aes
  • infants experiencing aes
  • infants experiencing saes
  • mothers in current follow up trial experiencing serious aes
  • infants born in current follow up trial experiencing aes
  • infants in current follow up trial experiencing saes
  • ongoing pregnancy at week 8
  • pregnancy rate
  • implantation rate
  • efficacy
  • who met both index 1 and index 2
  • who had at least one follicle greater than 17mm in diameter
  • who refused to take hcg injection

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

No description of who was studied is recorded.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.”

    US prescribing information · ae85b9c3-e7eb-4981-a5d9-346050e8f189 · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Safety and effectiveness of GONAL-f in postmenopausal women have not been established and it is not indicated in this population.”

    US prescribing information · ae85b9c3-e7eb-4981-a5d9-346050e8f189 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary GONAL-f is not indicated in pregnant women.”

    US prescribing information · ae85b9c3-e7eb-4981-a5d9-346050e8f189 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “There are no data on the presence of GONAL-f in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production.”

    US prescribing information · ae85b9c3-e7eb-4981-a5d9-346050e8f189 · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No form or route is recorded.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

No register row and no identity class settled the question.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing is recorded about product quality.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Follitropin Alfa/Beta appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1013 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome — 492 reaction mentions
  • ascites — 183 reaction mentions
  • abdominal distension — 76 reaction mentions
  • abdominal pain — 57 reaction mentions
  • abortion spontaneous — 55 reaction mentions
  • pleural effusion — 49 reaction mentions
  • abortion missed — 29 reaction mentions
  • haematocrit increased — 28 reaction mentions
  • peritoneal haemorrhage — 22 reaction mentions
  • poor quality device used — 22 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

The exact form studied is not recorded.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • Gonal-f is subcutaneous at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS For Injection: 450 International Units of white lyophilized powder in a multiple-dose vial For Injection: 1050 International Units of white lyophilized powder in a multiple-dose vial For Inj…, recorded as fda label in effect 2025-09-02 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · ae85b9c3-e7eb-4981-a5d9-346050e8f189 · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Follitropin Alfa/Beta studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Follitropin Alfa/Beta are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
076WHW89TW
CAS registry number
146479-72-3
ChEMBL
CHEMBL1201692
WHO international nonproprietary name list entry
9503
RxNorm concept
227518
EMA substance identifier
100000090586
DrugBank
DB00094

Checks this page had to pass

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    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Quoted from a stored source.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Not passed

    Safety mode resolved

    No register row and no identity class settled the question.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • 6 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was BLA020378, approved 19970929 to EMD SERONO.

    Drugs@FDA application register · BLA020378 · read 2026-08-29

  • Marketing status on the register: discontinued and prescription.

    Drugs@FDA application register · BLA020378 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (10)

What did Follitropin Alfa/Beta's largest trial (2552 people) and its longest (16 years) measure?


2552 people in Follitropin Alfa/Beta's largest registered study, 16 years in its longest registered window, measuring peak serum estradiol concentrations. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

23 phase3, 21 phase4, 14 phase2, 12 na, 12 na or unstated, 12 phase1, 1 early phase1; NCT01421095; 2026-12; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2025, NCT06173869.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Follitropin Alfa/Beta was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

Show the evidence
  • phase3
    23
  • phase4
    21
  • phase2
    14
  • na
    12
  • na or unstated
    12
  • phase1
    12
2 more recorded rows
  • early phase1
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT06173869
    2025-05-31

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Follitropin Alfa/Beta was tested only in human — what did it show?


human: biomarker (91): the rungs where Follitropin Alfa/Beta has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation peak serum estradiol concentrations — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse Rat Dog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • human NCT00439829
    biomarker; peak serum estradiol concentrations; 91

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

8 of Follitropin Alfa/Beta's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, sponsor decision unspecified, other?


accrual/recruitment (4), sponsor decision unspecified (1) and other (3): Follitropin Alfa/Beta's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Recruitment was at a standstill. We are currently preparing our results for publication."; 8 of 91 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00064987
    terminated; "Recruitment was at a standstill. We are currently preparing our results for publication."
  • NCT00553514
    terminated; "The study was terminated after Merck Serono had taken the decision not to pursue the development of AS900672-enriched in ovulation induction"
  • NCT00866034
    terminated; "Due to limited rate of patient inclusion"
  • NCT01210144
    terminated; "Study terminated due to recruitment failure"
  • NCT01345812
    terminated; "Lack of patients for recruitment"
  • NCT01497197
    terminated; "Study was terminated as per sponsor's decision"
2 further recorded trials
  • NCT01871532
    terminated; "Study was terminated because of delays in sourcing replacement Investigational Medicinal Product for the study due to manufacturing delays."
  • NCT03181685
    terminated; "27 couples were recruited. This unexpected poor recruitment was due to more clinical pregnancies (for a better patients' selection) and more freeze-all cycles."

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Follitropin Alfa/Beta used 300IU Gonal-F — over how long?


Human studies of Follitropin Alfa/Beta used "300IU Gonal-F". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

4 recorded entries; human; also "225IU Gonal-F", "150IU Gonal-F", "75IU Gonal-F"

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human

  • NCT03098199
    300IU Gonal-F
  • NCT03098199
    225IU Gonal-F
  • NCT03098199
    150IU Gonal-F
  • NCT03098199
    75IU Gonal-F

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Follitropin Alfa/Beta's effect on testosterone?


Testosterone: measured in Follitropin Alfa/Beta's trials.

Interpretation testosterone is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • testosterone; 2026-09-01
  • oocytes retrieved; 2026-09-01
  • without premature luteinizing hormone surge; 2026-09-01
  • follicles greater than or equal to 15 mm on day of hcg; 2026-09-01
  • peak serum estradiol concentrations; 2026-09-01
  • ovulation; 2026-09-01
14 more recorded rows
  • biomarkers
    women 1 live born infant during follow up; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    expectant mothers experiencing adverse events; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    expectant mothers experiencing serious aes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    infants experiencing aes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    infants experiencing saes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    mothers in current follow up trial experiencing serious aes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    infants born in current follow up trial experiencing aes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    infants in current follow up trial experiencing saes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    ongoing pregnancy at week 8; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    pregnancy rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    implantation rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    efficacy; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    who met both index 1 and index 2; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    who had at least one follicle greater than 17mm in diameter; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    10
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    6; NCT05330130; PHASE1; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; COMPLETED

Which of achieving a clinical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy and comparison of single dose pharmacokinetics did Follitropin Alfa/Beta's trials measure?


achieving a clinical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy and comparison of single dose pharmacokinetics lead 40 outcome terms across Follitropin Alfa/Beta's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

follicles greater than or equal to 15 mm on day of hcg, peak serum estradiol concentrations, ovulation, women 1 live born infant during follow up, expectant mothers experiencing adverse events and expectant mothers experiencing serious aes follow.

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  • testosterone
    1
  • oocytes retrieved
    1
  • without premature luteinizing hormone surge
    1
  • follicles greater than or equal to 15 mm on day of hcg
    1
  • peak serum estradiol concentrations
    1
  • ovulation
    1
14 more recorded rows
  • women 1 live born infant during follow up
    1
  • expectant mothers experiencing adverse events
    1
  • expectant mothers experiencing serious aes
    1
  • infants experiencing aes
    1
  • infants experiencing saes
    1
  • mothers in current follow up trial experiencing serious aes
    1
  • infants born in current follow up trial experiencing aes
    1
  • infants in current follow up trial experiencing saes
    1
  • ongoing pregnancy at week 8
    1
  • pregnancy rate
    1
  • implantation rate
    1
  • efficacy
    1
  • who met both index 1 and index 2
    1
  • who had at least one follicle greater than 17mm in diameter
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Follitropin Alfa/Beta's 4 ongoing trials reports first?


4 registered trials of Follitropin Alfa/Beta are open; earliest completion 2026-04. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Return of menses; Quantitative Measurement of Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Levels During Ovarian Stimulation Using Serum Assays.; latest 2026-12-01

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Trial

  • NCT01421095
    "Ovarian Reserve Testing in Female Young Adult Cancer Survivors"; n 34; "Return of menses"; 2026-12
  • NCT06572930
    "Serum FSH Monitoring for Identification of an Optimal Range During Ovarian Stimulation"; n 150; "Quantitative Measurement of Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Levels During Ovarian Stimulation Using Serum Assays."; 2026-12-01
  • NCT06864793
    "Study on the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of QL1012D and Gonal-F® in Healthy Female Volunteers"; n 48; "Cmax (maximum plasma concentration)"; 2026-04
  • NCT07128394
    "Extra Luteinizing Hormone Improve Embryo Quality in IVF Patients With Low LH During Long GnRH-Agonist Treatment"; n 590; "Proportion of cycles with no usable embryos"; 2026-11-30

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which 44 trials of Follitropin Alfa/Beta posted no result?


Posted no result
44 of 44 completed trials
Registrations
NCT01735422, NCT00702195, NCT00598208, NCT00298025, NCT01081639 and NCT00553293, and 38 more
Completion dates
oldest 2001-07; newest 2024-06-30
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Trial

  • NCT01735422
    2001-07
  • NCT00702195
    2003-09-15
  • NCT00598208
    2004-03-15
  • NCT00298025
    2004-05
  • NCT01081639
    2004-09
  • NCT00553293
    2004-11
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT01111084
    2005-06
  • NCT00230815
    2005-11
  • NCT00378001
    2006-05
  • NCT01115725
    2008-07
  • NCT01223079
    2008-12
  • NCT00823004
    2009-10
  • NCT02592031
    2009-12
  • NCT01075854
    2010-03
  • NCT00439829
    2010-05
  • NCT01141270
    2010-07
  • NCT01109654
    2010-12
  • NCT01389713
    2010-12
  • NCT01100333
    2011-07
  • NCT01354886
    2011-10

At the median, Follitropin Alfa/Beta's trials enrolled 159 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
159
Largest enrolment
2552
Registered trials counted
91

What do 1013 spontaneous reports say about Follitropin Alfa/Beta — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Follitropin Alfa/Beta appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1013 reaction mentions were counted: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome 492; ascites 183; abdominal distension 76; abdominal pain 57. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL1201692 · 2026-06-24

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  • ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
    492
  • ascites
    183
  • abdominal distension
    76
  • abdominal pain
    57
  • abortion spontaneous
    55
  • pleural effusion
    49
4 more recorded rows
  • abortion missed
    29
  • haematocrit increased
    28
  • peritoneal haemorrhage
    22
  • poor quality device used
    22

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL1201692
CAS number
146479-72-3
RxCUI
227518
Trade name
Gonal-F, Follistim Aq, Gonal-F Rff Redi-Ject, Follistim, Gonal-F Rff, Gonal-F / Follistim Aq / Gonal-F Rff Redi-Ject / Follistim / Gonal-F Rff
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How these records are assembled · Which registers were checked

Index-quality checks
  • identity passed: no open identity hold
  • required summary fields resolved: 4 required field(s) not terminal: Best-supported result, Most important common problem, Biggest unanswered question, Human evidence
  • public claims reviewed: 0 reviewed claim(s); drafts are never rendered
  • source coverage passed: 7 source rows
  • no critical contamination: no quarantine open
  • canonical metadata passed: slug and display name present
  • no raw internal fields: enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

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