Yassaee 2014.
Methods |
Design: RCT Recruitment method: through assessment of women presented to the hospital Method of randomisation: unclear Setting: Taleghani Hospital affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
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Participants |
Inclusion: pregnant women with threatened abortion. The presence of singleton pregnancy and detection of fetal heart activity, besides gestational age of < 20 weeks was verified by U/S Exclusion: women were excluded if they had reaction to Cyclogest, repeated abortions, multiple gestation, absence of fetus or fetal heart tone, uterine anomaly or fetal anomaly Particpants randomised: 60 women |
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Interventions |
Intervention group: 400 mg of vaginal progesterone suppository (Cyclogest) each day until their bleeding stopped in < 1 week Control group: no treatment |
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Outcomes | Successful delivery Miscarriage rates Pain relief |
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Notes |
Journal: Journal of Reproduction and Infertility Year of publication: 2014 Country: Iran Income status of the country: upper middle‐income Source of funding: not mentioned Conflict of interest: no conflicts |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No details on random allocation |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | There was no placebo, so participants were not blind |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Assessors were blinded |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No loss of participants to follow‐up |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All the prespecified outcomes were addressed |
Other bias | Low risk | No apparent other risk of bias |
APH: antepartum haemorrhage; LBW: low birthweight; RCT: randomised controlled trial; U/S: ultrasound