Routine use of progesterone does not prevent miscarriage

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

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.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Spontaneous*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Progesterone
  • Technology Assessment, Biomedical

Substances

  • Progesterone