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. 2014 Oct 10;2014(10):CD000169. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000169.pub3

Parise 1998ii KEN.

Methods As for Parise 1998i KEN
Participants As for Parise 1998i KEN
Interventions
  1. SP: monthly with treatment doses at enrolment and then monthly through 34 weeks of gestation

  2. No intermittent preventive treatment, SP given with recent history of fever or parasitaemia

Outcomes As for Parise 1998i KEN
Notes As for Parise 1998i KEN
HIV seroprevalence: Monthly SP ‐ 23.7% (40/169); Case management ‐ 26.9% (57/212)
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk "Women were systematically assigned to receive one of three regimens using a rotating assignment based on day of clinic visit."
Comment: allocation was not random.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Allocation schedule not concealed.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No blinding.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details provided as to whether the outcome assessors were blinded.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Six hundred ninety‐nine women (34%) were lost to follow‐up. Data was not available for 34.8% (230/661) in the monthly SP and 35.9% (264/736) in the case management group.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No selective reporting observed.
Other bias Low risk None identified.