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. 2023 May 10;2023(5):CD014682. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014682.pub2

de Zanette 2014.

Study characteristics
Methods Design: parallel
Duration: 6 weeks
Assessment: baseline and post‐intervention
Country: Brazil
Participants Pain condition: fibromyalgia
Population: women with fibromyalgia
Minimum pain intensity: ≥ 50 on 0‐100 VAS
Inclusion criteria
  • Women with fibromyalgia matching ACR criteria

  • Pain intensity of ≥ 50 on 0‐100 VAS


Exclusion criteria
  • Physical health comorbidities

  • BMI > 35


Total participants randomised: 63
Age in years (mean): 48.9
Gender: 63/63 were female
Pain duration in years (mean, SD): NR
Interventions Melatonin 10 mg
  • n = 21

  • Hormone

  • Identical appearance

  • Double‐dummy to match combined arm


Amitriptyline 25 mg
  • n = 21

  • TCA

  • Fixed dose, no titration

  • Double‐dummy to match combined arm


Melatonin 10 mg + amitriptyline 25 mg
  • n = 21

  • Hormone and TCA antidepressant

  • Fixed doses, no titration

Outcomes Pain intensity
Quality of life
Sleep
AEs
Withdrawal
Missing data methods ITT with LOCF
Funding source Non‐pharmaceutical ‐ multiple Brazilian governmental agencies
Conflicts of interest The authors declare that there are no financial or other relationships that might lead to CoIs involving any of the following arrangements: financial relationship to the work, employees of a company, consultants for a company, stockholders of the company, members of a speakers' bureau or any other form of financial compensation.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomisation methods: NR
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Sealed, sequentially numbered envelopes
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind, double‐dummy trial, identical appearance of tablets
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Low risk Self‐reported outcomes from blinded participants
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk States ITT but no method of imputation specified. Low attrition
Attrition
Total: 6/63 (9.5%)
Melatonin 10 mg: 2/21 (9.5%)
Amitriptyline 25 mg: 2/21 (9.5%)
Melatonin + amitriptyline: 2/21 (9.5%)
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Outcomes match those listed on trial registration
Other bias Low risk No other sources of bias were identified.