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. 2017 Jul 5;2017(7):CD003414. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003414.pub3

Cattoli 1994.

Methods Single‐centre parallel RCT
Participants 100 women
Inclusion criteria: women who had cryopreservation of embryos following IVF treatment
Exclusion criteria: not stated
Mean number of transferred embryos per woman: similar, HT group 2.7 ± 0.0 (1‐4 embryos), natural cycle group 2.8 ± 0.8 (1‐5 embryos)
Interventions FET HT cycle (56 women (64 cycles))
Natural cycle FET (44 women (50 cycles))
Outcomes Clinical pregnancy rate per woman
Multiple pregnancy rate per pregnancy
Notes This was an abstract. The review authors contacted the first author requesting more data but as this study was not published and was presented in 1994, the study author could not supply any more data.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Process involved in random sequence generation not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Methods used in allocation concealment not reported
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information provided on the blinding of participants and personnel
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No reports on number of missing outcome data and reasons for drop out or exclusion from study
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information reported to arrive at a judgement
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient information reported to arrive at a judgement