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. 2013 Jul 26;2013(7):CD006920. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006920.pub3

Domar 2009.

Methods Randomised controlled trial of fertility patients in the US
Participants 150 patients recruited and randomised to either needle acupuncture (n = 78) and no treatment (n=68).
The average age of the two groups of women was 36 years, with similar numbers of previous IVF cycles in the two groups.
Interventions Acupuncture performed by an acupuncturist 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer versus no treatment control
Outcomes Clinical pregnancy rate
Assisted conception protocols Protocol breakdown not provided
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk ‘randomisation was accomplished by using a computer‐generated random numbers table’
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated in the manuscript
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not possible to blind as control group had no intervention
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk 146 participants randomized but number completed not reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No LBR outcomes reported.
Other bias Low risk None known