Zavvar 2016.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods |
Study design: single‐centre RCT Country: Iran Setting: fertility clinic Sponsorship source: not disclosed Trials registry number: not disclosed |
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Participants |
Inclusion criteria: women who produce only immature oocytes in spite of stimulation with gonadotropins Exclusion criteria: not disclosed Number of participants randomised to each arm of the study: 31 women were randomised to receive the intervention medium, and 45 were randomised to receive the control medium Group differences: not disclosed Fresh or frozen cycle?: not disclosed IVF or ICSI?: ICSI Length of time exposed to intervention medium: not disclosed Trade name and concentration of GM‐CSF in intervention medium: MediCult 2 ng/mL Trade name of control medium: not disclosed Day of embryo transfer: not disclosed Number of embryos transferred: not disclosed |
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Interventions |
Intervention: GM‐CSF‐supplemented culture medium Control: standard IVF medium |
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Outcomes | Clinical pregnancy rate | |
Notes | First author contacted by email for further information on 26 November 2019 and 9 January 2020, but no response received. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No description of how random sequence was generated |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No description of how allocation was concealed |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Blinding was not mentioned. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Blinding of outcome assessors was not described. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | We assessed the study as at unclear risk, as we do not have access to number of dropouts or indeed how many participants were included in the analysis. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No access to a protocol or a trial registry entry |
Other bias | High risk | Small sample size of 76 participants |