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Comment
. 2019 Nov 8:367:l5721.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l5721.

Routine use of progesterone does not prevent miscarriage

Rob Cook  1 , Vaughan Thomas  2 , Rachel Taft  1 ; NIHR Dissemination Centre
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Routine use of progesterone does not prevent miscarriage

Rob Cook et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The studyCoomarasamy A, Devall AJ, Cheed V, et al. A randomised trial of progesterone in women with bleeding in early pregnancy N Engl J Med 2019;380:1815-24.This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 12/167/26).To read the full NIHR Signal, go to https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000792/miscarriage-not-prevented-by-routine-use-of-progesterone.

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Competing interests The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none. Further details of The BMJ policy on financial interests is here: https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/forms-policies-and-checklists/declaration-competing-interests

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  • A Randomized Trial of Progesterone in Women with Bleeding in Early Pregnancy.
    Coomarasamy A, Devall AJ, Cheed V, Harb H, Middleton LJ, Gallos ID, Williams H, Eapen AK, Roberts T, Ogwulu CC, Goranitis I, Daniels JP, Ahmed A, Bender-Atik R, Bhatia K, Bottomley C, Brewin J, Choudhary M, Crosfill F, Deb S, Duncan WC, Ewer A, Hinshaw K, Holland T, Izzat F, Johns J, Kriedt K, Lumsden MA, Manda P, Norman JE, Nunes N, Overton CE, Quenby S, Rao S, Ross J, Shahid A, Underwood M, Vaithilingam N, Watkins L, Wykes C, Horne A, Jurkovic D. Coomarasamy A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 9;380(19):1815-1824. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1813730. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 31067371 Clinical Trial.

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