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. 2010 Jul 7;2010(7):CD006865. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006865.pub2

Zelenakas 2004.

Methods RCT, DB, DD, placebo and active controlled, parallel‐group, single oral dose. Medication administered when pain intensity was moderate to severe. Study duration 12 hours
Participants Post‐operative dental surgery, third molar extraction
Male and females
 Mean age 22 years (SD 5.0, all >17 years)
N = 202
Interventions Lumiracoxib 400 mg, n = 50
Lumiracoxib 100 mg, n = 51
Ibuprofen 400 mg, n = 51
Placebo, n = 50
Outcomes ≥50% PR over six hours
Time to onset of analgesia
Use of rescue medication
Adverse events
Withdrawals
Notes Oxford Quality Score: R1, DB2, W1. Total = 4
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk "double dummy"

DB ‐ double blind, DD ‐ Double Dummy, N ‐ number of participants in study, n ‐ number of participants in treatment arm, PR ‐ pain relief, R ‐ randomised, RCT ‐ Randomised Controlled Trial, W ‐ withdrawals