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. 2021 Mar 17;2021(3):CD001894. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001894.pub6

Tucker 1993.

Study characteristics
Methods Single‐centre randomised trial
Participants 218 women from North America undergoing IVF (mean basal FSH: control group 9.0 (5.3); AH group 8.8 (3.7) IU/L)
Mean age: control group 34.2 (4.1); AH group 34.1 (4.8)
Interventions AH with acid Tyrode's thinning to 1/4; 72 hour egg retrieval to AH; 1 to 3 hour AH to transfer) vs no AH
AH: 110 women randomised, 333 embryos transferred
Control: 108 women randomised, 312 embryos transferred
Outcomes Implantation, clinical pregnancy
Notes Attempted to contact author about this study; no reply received
ET: AH 2.9, control 3.0
Unclear whether power calculation performed
ITT analysis unclear
Published as full paper
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomisation stated but method unclear or incorrect
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear; no details
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Participants not blinded or unclear
Assessor not blinded or unclear
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk ITT analysis unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Original protocol not viewed but study authors did not report on live birth
Other bias Low risk None identified