About the Authors

Georg Griesinger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

georg.griesinger@uni-luebeck.de

Affiliation Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

Christophe Blockeel

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Elke Kahler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Established Pharmaceuticals Division, Global Biometrics, Abbott Laboratories GmbH, Hannover, Germany

Claire Pexman-Fieth

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Established Pharmaceuticals Division, Global Clinical Development, Abbott GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany

Jan I. Olofsson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Established Pharmaceuticals Division, Global Medical Affairs, Abbott Products Operations AG, Allschwil, Switzerland, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Stefan Driessen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Biometrics, Established Pharmaceuticals Division, Abbott Healthcare Products BV, Weesp, The Netherlands

Herman Tournaye

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

G.G.'s institution has received investigator fees from Abbott during the conduct of the Lotus I and Lotus II studies. Outside of this submitted work, G.G. has received nonfinancial support from MSD, Ferring, Merck Serono, IBSA, Finox, TEVA, Glycotope and Gedeon Richter, as well as personal fees from MSD, Ferring, Merck Serono, IBSA, Finox, TEVA, Glycotope, Vitrolife, NMC Healthcare, ReprodWissen, Biosilu, Gedeon Richter and ZIVA. C.B.’s institution has received investigator fees from Abbott during the conduct of the Lotus I and Lotus II studies. C.B. is the President of the Belgian Society of Reproductive Medicine (unpaid) and Section Editor of Reproductive BioMedicine Online. C.B. has received grants from Ferring, participated in an MSD-sponsored trial and has received consultancy fees from Ferring, MSD, BioMérieux, Abbott and Merck. E.K. is an employee of Abbott Laboratories GmbH, Hannover, Germany and owns shares of Abbott. C.P.-F. is an employee of Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany and owns shares in Abbott. J.I.O. is an employee of Abbott Products Operations AG, Allschwil, Switzerland. S.D. is an employee of Abbott Healthcare Products BV, Weesp, The Netherlands and owns shares in Abbott. H.T.'s institution has received investigator fees from Abbott during the conduct of the Lotus I and Lotus II studies. H.T.’s institution has received grants from Merck, MSD, Goodlife, Cook, Roche, CooperSurgical, Besins, Ferring and Allergan. H.T. has received consultancy fees from Gedeon Richter, Merck, Ferring, Abbott and ObsEva. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.