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. 2017 Aug 2;2017(8):CD001324. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001324.pub5
Methods Women who had had unprotected intercourse within the preceding 72 h were 'randomly allocated' to Mife or LNG groups, and women who had had unprotected intercourse within the previous 72 h‐120 h were assigned to an IUD group. Randomisation took place between 2 types of pills
Participants 315 women attending a hospital clinic, Baotou, China. Women had regular menstrual periods and unprotected intercourse once within 72 to 120 h (in the case of IUDs)
Interventions Mife 25 mg, single dose vs LNG 0.75 mg, twice, orally vs Cu‐IUD
This study had three treatment arms, but the Cu‐IUD comparison was not randomized. Hence, we excluded this comparison and included only the mifepristone vs levonorgestrel comparison
Outcomes Observed number of pregnancies
Notes
  1. Post‐randomisation exclusion or loss to follow‐up not reported

  2. Observed pregnancy/total number of women: IUD 1/162; Mife 2/64; LNG 5/89 (1 ectopic pregnancy)

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Mentioned randomization but description not adequate
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of allocation concealment not mentioned
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Not mentioned
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Post‐randomisation exclusion or loss to follow‐up not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Reported planned outcomes
Other bias Low risk None detected