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. 2018 Aug 6;2018(8):CD005943. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005943.pub5

Turgal 2017.

Methods Design: RCT
Recruitment method: through assessment of women presented to the hospital
Method of randomisation: computerised random number generator program
Setting: a university hospital
Participants Inclusion: women with threatened abortion and with presence singleton pregnancy and live embryo, before 9 weeks of gestation
Exclusion: non viable fetus, twin pregnancy, presence of subchorionic haematoma and history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, severe hepatic disorders, uterine leiomyoma, congential uterine anomaly and recurrent pregnancy loss
Particpants randomised: 83
Interventions Intervention group: (42 women) oral micronised progesterone, 400 mg/d for 4 weeks
Control group: (41 women) placebo
Outcomes Primary outcome:
  • fetal‐placental volume change


Secondary outcomes:
  • miscarriage rate

  • live birth rate

  • preterm birth

  • birthweight

  • LBW

  • intrauterine growth restriction

  • neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

Notes Journal: Journal of clinical Utrasound
Year of publication: 2017
Country: Turkey
Income status of the country: upper middle‐income
Source of funding: not mentioned
Conflict of interest: not mentioned
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computerised random number by using generator program
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Placebo was used
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Outcome is not affected by blinding of outcomes assessors
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Incomplete outcome data in 12 women (14.5%), equal in both groups
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All the prespecified outcomes were addressed
Other bias Low risk No other biases