de Zanette 2014.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Design: parallel Duration: 6 weeks Assessment: baseline and post‐intervention Country: Brazil |
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Participants | Pain condition: fibromyalgia Population: women with fibromyalgia Minimum pain intensity: ≥ 50 on 0‐100 VAS Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Total participants randomised: 63 Age in years (mean): 48.9 Gender: 63/63 were female Pain duration in years (mean, SD): NR |
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Interventions | Melatonin 10 mg
Amitriptyline 25 mg
Melatonin 10 mg + amitriptyline 25 mg
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Outcomes | Pain intensity Quality of life Sleep AEs Withdrawal |
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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. |