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. 2015 Apr 29;(4):CD008138. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008138.pub2

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Methods Individual randomised controlled trials
Participants Dx: dandruff
Exclusion criteria: pregnancy, younger than 18 years of age, not using topical steroids in the past 2 weeks
Interventions Intervention: 1% keto - shampoo applied 2× weekly for 4 weeks (n = 88)
Control: vehicle shampoo applied similarly (n = 88)
Outcomes Complete clearance
Notes Country: The Netherlands
COI: none declared
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Patients were randomly allocated to either .."
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Baseline comparable? Low risk "At the start the 2 treatment showed no significant difference in history of dandruff and severity?"
Patient blinded? Unclear risk ''double blind study..''
Provider blinded? Unclear risk "double blind study..''
Outcome assessor blinded? Unclear risk "double blind study..''
Co-interventions avoided? Low risk "The patient who used a corticosteroid concomitantly was removed from the efficacy analysis"
Compliance acceptable? Low risk "... one subject stopped treatment after one week because of an adverse effect"
Drop-out acceptable? Unclear risk "Only one patient in the KTZ group stopped treatment due to greasy ..."
Selective outcome reporting acceptable? Low risk All outcomes were reported
ITT? Unclear risk Not stated