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. 2012 Jul 11;2012(7):CD008950. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008950.pub2

Sepulveda 2011.

Methods Prospective, randomised controlled trial
Participants 100 recipients from an oocyte donation program, undergoing either IVF or ICSI were randomised into a treatment group (n=47) or a control group (n=44). 9 participants were excluded for medical reasons after randomisation. All oocytes derived from donor women.
Interventions Oocytes and embryos were cultured at 5% O2 or atmospheric (20%) O2 concentration.
Embryo transfer was performed on Day 5/6 of embryo development.
Outcomes Clinical pregnancy rate (reported as positive beta hCG pregnancy test), multiple pregnancy rate, implantation rate, embryo development rate, cryopreservation rate, fertilisation rate, blastocyst expansion rate and MCI Grade A blastocysts rate.
Notes Location: Lima, Peru
Setting: Grupo PRANOR de Reproduccion Asistida
Additional information regarding the study was obtained after contacting the authors
No commercial funding
Additional outcomes:
Implantation rate: low oxygen: 38/91, high oxygen 32/87
Embryo development rate: low oxygen 205/370, high oxygen 161/385
Cryopreservation rate: low oxygen 114/370, high oxygen 74/385
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Randomisation into treatment or control group according to a computerised randomisation list
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of allocation concealment has not been specified
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Clinicians and participants were blinded for allocation
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Loss to follow up has been accounted for. No live births reported, no intention‐to‐treat analysis
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Outcomes were reported in a prespecified fashion
Other bias Low risk Reporting multiple pregnancies whilst adhering to a multiple embryo transfer policy