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. 2018 Oct 20;2018(10):CD011537. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011537.pub3

Bhat 2014.

Methods Design: 2‐arm parallel RCT
Participants Number: 32
Women's age (mean years; experimental vs control): 29.6 vs 29.6
Inclusion criteria: women undergoing IVF
Exclusion criteria: not mentioned
Ovarian controlled hyperstimulation: not mentioned
Fertilisation: IVF or ICSI
Stage of the embryo at transfer: cleavage
Embryo processing: fresh and frozen/thawed
Number of embryos transferred (mean; experimental vs control): 2.9 vs 2.9
Interventions Experimental: intrauterine administration of hCG 500 IU 7 minutes before ET
Control: ET without hCG
Outcomes Fertilisation rate
Notes We emailed the study authors in February 2016 and January 2018 for more information on study design and outcomes. No reply has yet been received.
Location: Radhakrishna Multispeciality Hospital and IVF Centre in Bengaluru in Southern India
Period: April 2013 to March 2014
Power calculation: not mentioned
Funding: none
Trial registration: not mentioned and not found
Publication type: full text

ET: embryo transfer; hCG: human chorionic gonadotropin; ICSI: intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IU: international unit; IVF: in vitro fertilisation; RCT: randomised controlled trial.