Pari 1998

Methods	Individual randomised controlled trials
Participants	Dx: SD of the face and trunk (physician diagnosed as implied in text)
Interventions	Intervention: 2% keto cream applied to face and trunk twice daily for 28 days (n = 17) Control: 0.05% clobetasol cream applied similarly (n = 19)
Outcomes	Complete remission
Notes	Country: India
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	"... stratified block random method"
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not reported
Baseline comparable?	Low risk	Only severity reported
Patient blinded?	Low risk	Identical tubes
Provider blinded?	Low risk	Identical tubes
Outcome assessor blinded?	Unclear risk	Identical tubes
Co-interventions avoided?	Unclear risk	Not reported
Compliance acceptable?	Unclear risk	Not reported
Drop-out acceptable?	Low risk	Ketoconazole (2), clobetasol (3)
Selective outcome reporting acceptable?	Low risk	All outcomes reported
ITT?	Unclear risk	Not reported