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. 2015 Sep 21;2015(9):CD006362. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006362.pub4

Ryan 1987.

Methods Double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, natural colds
Participants 64 adults, age range 18 to 60 years, 75% women, single family centre, fever ≤ 37.8 °C with moderate pain due to malaise/aches
Interventions Fenoprofen 200 mg single dose
Outcomes No available data on efficacy
Notes Only 2 adverse effects (1 stomach discomfort and 1 drowsiness), both in the fenoprofen group
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "... assigned to one of three treatment groups via a computer‐generated random table"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk "Each dose of medication was dispensed in identically appearing capsules"
Single oral dose was given
Comment: probably done
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "Each dose of medication was dispensed in identically appearing capsules in double‐blind method"
Single oral dose was given
Comment: probably done
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All participants who entered the study completed treatment and were included in the assessment of effectiveness and side effects
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol, no convincing text
Other bias Low risk The study appears to be free of other sources of bias