Ref (type) | Population | Outcome, Interventions | Results and statistical analysis | Effect size | Favours |
Miscarriage rates | |||||
Systematic review |
223 women, 93 with 3 or more consecutive miscarriages 4 RCTs in this analysis |
Proportion of women who had a miscarriage
23/130 (18%) with progesterone 35/93 (38%) with placebo |
Peto OR 0.38 95% CI 0.20 to 0.70 P = 0.002 See further information on studies for details of methodological weaknesses of included RCTs |
Moderate effect size | progesterone |