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Of 247 infertile women (256 IVF cycles) aged \u226442\u00a0years, 223 women (230 cycles) were evaluated. In the relugolix and injection groups, we compared 104 and 85 cycles after GnRH antagonist use before the LH surge (LH levels &lt;10\u00a0mIU\/ml) and 22 and 19 cycles during the LH surge (LH levels \u226510\u00a0mIU\/ml), respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Before the LH surge, the ovulation rates in the two groups were very low (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.838), however; during the LH surge, the cycles using relugolix had a high ovulation rate of 40.9% compared with no ovulation in the injection group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.002). 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