Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41103589›Full record

ArticleReproductive medicine and biology

Reply to Comment on "Clinical Significance of Biochemical Pregnancy Loss in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Patients: Insights From Euploid Embryo Transfers Minimizing Embryonic Bias".

Yoshimitsu Kuwabara

Abstract readComment
In one paragraph

Article in Reproductive medicine and biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Yoshimitsu KuwabaraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1622-4063

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: We appreciate the commentary by Satapathy, Mehta, and Sah on our study examining biochemical pregnancy loss (BPL) in recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) following euploid embryo transfer. Their remarks on statistical interpretation, ascertainment bias, and sample size overlap coincide with limitations already acknowledged in our article. Methods: Our analysis was exploratory in nature and not powered for definitive conclusions. We acknowledge the need for larger prospective studies using standardized biochemical monitoring and advanced statistical approaches. Results: The commentary highlights methodological considerations that align with our stated limitations. Despite these, our findings indicate that BPL may provide clinically relevant information beyond conventional pregnancy outcomes. Conclusion: Against the backdrop of divergent international definitions regarding whether biochemically recognized losses should count toward RPL, our findings support multicenter investigations to clarify the prognostic and therapeutic implications of including BPL and to inform harmonized definitions and clinical practice.

Indexed as

biochemical pregnancy losspreimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidyrecurrent pregnancy loss

Identifiers

PMID41103589
PMCPMC12522064

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
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.