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 |