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. 2020 Jan 24;2020(1):CD013226. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013226.pub2

Singh 2015.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Single centre
India
Participants Women undergoing fresh IVF cycle with thin endometrium.
Previous traditional methods of treating thin endometrium have been unsuccessful (oestradiol and sildenafil).
Interventions Intervention group (N = 24): intrauterine infusion of G‐CSF (300 μg/mL) on day of trigger, repeated after 48 hours if endometrial thickness was < 7 mm
Control group (N = 24): saline intrauterine infusion on day of trigger
Outcomes Implantation and pregnancy rates, endometrial thickness
Notes Study was published as conference abstract only. Partial response to queries on data was received from authors.
No clinical trial registration number available.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Quote: “Patient were randomly divided into two groups using computer generated list”
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information on allocation concealment
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Placebo (intrauterine saline infusion) was used in the control group. No specific information as to whether participants/clinician/embryologist were blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Low risk Does not specify if outcome assessors were blinded. However, absence of blinding is unlikely to have influenced the findings for our primary and secondary outcomes, hence categorised as low risk for detection bias.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk No information was available on dropouts, however all randomised women were included in final analysis.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit a judgement
Other bias Unclear risk Conference abstract; insufficient information to permit a judgement. Funding mentioned (BTTB Centre).