De Munck 2019.
| Methods |
Study design: prospective Study grouping: parallel group |
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| Participants |
Baseline characteristics Number of participants: 99 Number of cycles: 99 Women aged between 24‐40 years old Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: no other criteria |
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| Interventions |
Intervention characteristics 36.6°C 37.1°C (control group) |
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| Outcomes |
Primary outcome: fertilisation and embryo development (top and good quality) and utilisation rate (number of embryos transferred and cryopreserved per number of mature oocytes) up to day 5 or 6 Secondary outcome:
Pregnancy: positive βhCG blood test after 14 days after transfer Clinical pregnancy with foetal heart beat: presence of at least one viable foetus 5‐7 weeks after fresh embryo transfer |
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| Notes | Quote: :The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest." | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: "Mature sibling oocytes were randomly allocated to one of the two study groups. The first half of the sibling oocytes was allocated to one specific group based on a computer‐generated randomisation list, whereas the second half of the sibling oocytes was allocated to the other group." |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: oocytes were allocated to the two groups based on a randomisation list. No precise information is described |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Judgement comment: participants from De Munck 2019 were blinded, but personnel were not blinded |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Judgement comment: objective outcome |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Judgement comment: results described adequately |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: no protocol has been published |
| Other bias | High risk | Judgement comment: randomisation performed on oocytes, not on women. No miscarriage rates or live birth rates were reported. |