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ReviewCurrent opinion in obstetrics & gynecology2009

Effects of low-dose aspirin in in-vitro fertilization.

Enrique F Schisterman, Audrey J Gaskins, Brian W Whitcomb

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Review in Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Enrique F SchistermanDivision of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. schistee@mail.nih.gov
Audrey J Gaskins
Brian W Whitcomb
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

EAGeR Trial - The Effects of Aspirin in Gestation and Reproduction TrialZIAHD008795 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI PERKINS, NEIL · 2009 to 2025
$9.6M
TRAINING GRANT IN ACADEMIC NUTRITIONT32DK007703 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTOPHER P DUGGAN, Frank B Hu · 1994 to 2026
$7.8M
EAGeR Trial - The Effects of Aspirin in Gestation and Reproduction TrialZ01HD008795 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI SCHISTERMAN, ENRIQUE · 2007 to 2008
$596k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD008795NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewIn theory, use of aspirin in IVF is based on its anti-inflammatory, vasodilatory, and platelet aggregation inhibition properties, which improve blood flow to a woman's implantation site. It is hypothesized that this effect on blood flow will improve success rates. RECENT

findingsClinical studies investigating the use of low-dose aspirin (LDA) as an adjuvant therapy to IVF have produced conflicting results. The conflicting results have come as a consequence of the heterogeneous mixture of clinical trials with lack of adequate power. Even after multiple meta-analyses, differing estimates of effect were calculated as to whether aspirin should be used in conjunction with IVF. SUMMARY: Conflicting results leave the question of the effects of LDA in IVF unanswered. More trials are required for analysis to have adequate statistical power and until then the data remain unclear. At this point, there are not enough data to show that aspirin has a beneficial effect on the outcomes of IVF, but absence of effect is not adequate grounds to overturn the current clinical practice for those using LDA in efforts aimed at achieving success with IVF.

Indexed as

AspirinCyclooxygenase InhibitorsDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleFertilization in VitroHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicPregnancyAspirinCyclooxygenase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID19300253
PMCPMC2736057
OpenAlexW2081045770

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