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. 2014 Oct 31;2014(10):CD008046. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008046.pub4

Acevedo 2006.

Methods Randomised, controlled, single‐centre, donor‐recipient study
Participants 60 oocyte donors 18 to 35 years of age with normal menstrual cycle: no PCOS, endometriosis, hydrosalpinges or severe male factor. 98 recipients 34–47 years of age received oocyte, but only 60 participants were analysed. Baseline characteristics: Most donors had similar basal ovarian conditions: basal FSH 5.2 vs 2.3 mIU/mL; E2 44.1 vs 32.5 pg/mL
Interventions Ovarian stimulation: fixed dose of 150 IU rFSH on cd 3/4 f + 0.25 mg/d sc orgalutran + 75 IU/d of LH
Intervention: 0.2 mg, SC triptorelin vs 250 μg/mL SC rHCG
Luteal phase support (recipients): E2 plus 600 mg/d natural progesterone
Outcomes Donors
Primary outcome: OHSS
Secondary outcomes: FSH and LH units (IU), GnRH antagonist ampoules, E2 levels, follicle numbers on day 5 of COH and on HCG day
Recipients
Pregnancy rates, implantation rates
Notes 98 recipients were included in the study, but for statistical techniques, only one participant of those who received oocytes from the same donor was included in the analysis
Participants received embryos originating from donors; some donors gave oocytes to 2 recipients. Only 1 recipient was randomly included in the statistical analysis
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated list
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Reported that allocation was not concealed (after contact was made with study author)
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 FOR OHSS OUTCOME High risk Participants, those administering the interventions and those assessing the outcomes were not blinded to group assignment. Risk applies to assessment of OHSS
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No outcome data were missing
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Study protocol is not available. Live birth rates were not reported
Other bias Low risk No other potential bias was identified