Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36626103›Full record

SynthesisJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2023

Personalized versus standard frozen-thawed embryo transfer in IVF/ICSI cycles: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Rong Luo, Jiahui Wang, Yi Liu, Tao Shen, Xia Zhao, Yuanjiao Liang

Abstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Trial
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Endometrial receptivity testing for assisted reproductive technologies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rong LuoSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
Jiahui WangSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
Yi LiuSchool of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
Tao ShenDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Rd, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
Xia ZhaoDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Rd, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.
Yuanjiao LiangDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao Rd, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China. yuanjiao1965@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4497-1568

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate whether personalized embryo transfer (pET) protocol guided by an endometrial receptivity array (ERA) can improve clinical outcomes of assisted reproduction.

methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane library for studies in which analytical comparisons of outcomes of pET and standard embryo transfer (sET) groups were undertaken. The references to the included studies were also manually searched. The primary outcome was clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), and the secondary outcomes were live birth rate (LBR), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) positivity, biochemical pregnancy rate (BPR), miscarriage rate (MR), implantation rate (IR), and ongoing pregnancy rate (OPR).

resultsTen studies were included in the meta-analysis, including one randomized controlled trial (RCT) and nine cohort studies. We observed no significant difference in the primary outcome of CPR between the pET and sET groups in unselected patients (RR = 1.07; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.87-1.30; P = 0.53; I

conclusionsThis meta-analysis revealed that ERA appears to possess limited guidance in embryo transfer. More high-quality RCTs are therefore needed to investigate the clinical validity and feasibility of ERA in the future.

Indexed as

Abortion, SpontaneousSperm Injections, IntracytoplasmicChorionic GonadotropinEmbryo ImplantationEmbryo TransferFemaleHumansLive BirthPregnancyPregnancy RateChorionic GonadotropinClinical pregnancyEmbryo transferEndometrial receptivity arrayImplantation failure

Identifiers

PMID36626103
PMCPMC10224903

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.