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Gonal-fUnited Healthcare

Ovulation Induction

Preferred products

  • Follistim AQ

Initial criteria

  • Patient meets coverage criteria in section A
  • Failure to ovulate with Clomid (clomiphene citrate) or Femara (letrozole) OR patient diagnosed with hypothalamic amenorrhea
  • One of the following exists: Anovulation OR Oligo-ovulation OR both of the following: Amenorrhea AND other causative factors (e.g. thyroid disease, hyperprolactinemia) excluded or treated
  • Dose does not exceed 225 IU/day AND duration of therapy does not exceed 14 days per cycle unless hypothalamic amenorrhea
  • Not used in any of the following: beyond 6th gonadotropin induced ovulatory cycle, ≥4 follicles ≥15 mm from previous gonadotropin cycle despite dosage adjustment, used alone in unexplained infertility, failure to respond to ovulation induction at 225 IU/day, used to correct thin endometrial lining, estradiol <100 pg/ml/follicle ≥15 mm, dose >225 IU/day, duration >14 days (except hypothalamic amenorrhea)

Approval duration

3 months