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. 2019 Nov 20;2019(11):CD003511. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003511.pub5

Agarwal 2016.

Methods Unit of randomization: pregnancy
 Method of randomization: unclear
 Timing of randomization: unclear
 Blinding: no
 Power calculation: unknown
 Number of centers: 1
90 women total enrolled; 30 randomized to progesterone, 30 to nothing, and 30 healthy controls; 300 women analyzed
Source of funding: All India Institute of Medical Science
Participants Women with a history of ≥ 2 consecutive miscarriages of unknown cause. Euthyroid
Exclusion: history of repeated miscarriages of known cause
Age: 21‐40
Location: India
 Timing and duration: August 2013‐unknown
Interventions 200 mg oral micronized progesterone twice daily up until 16 weeks' gestation
Control: no intervention
Healthy control group
Outcomes Cytokines, "perinatal outcome", occurrence of obstetric complications like ICP, pre‐eclampsia
Notes Trial registry summary from Clinical Trials Registry ‐ India
Dates of study: first enrollment 12 August 2013, completion date not specified
Funding sources: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Dehli (government medical college)
Declarations of interest: not stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "Random number table."
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Only intervention group took drug but unlikely that knowledge of assignment would influence outcomes
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Not stated but unlikely that knowledge of assignment would influence outcomes
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Only abstract results from trials registry
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Unclear. Only abstract results available from trials registry
Other bias Unclear risk Unclear. Only abstract results available from trials registry