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. 2017 Feb 23;2017(2):CD010746. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010746.pub2

Karlik 1998.

Methods Study design: parallel‐group RCT
Country: not reported
Number randomized:
Total: 50
Per group: apraclonidine = 28, latanoprost = 22
Exclusions after randomization: not reported
Number analyzed:
Total: not reported
Per group: not reported
Unit of analysis: participants
Losses to follow‐up: not reported
How was missing data handled?: not reported
Reported power calculation: no
Unusual study design?: unclear whether the study analyzed participants or eyes
Participants Age: not reported
Females: not reported
Inclusion criteria: people undergoing ALT
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Equivalence of baseline characteristics: no, demographic characteristics were not discussed, only medical characteristics: "Both groups had equal types of glaucoma, pigmentation, and previous surgical histories."
Interventions Intervention 1: 1 drop apraclonidine 0.5%, 1 hour prior to surgery
Intervention 2: 1 drop latanoprost 0.005%, 6 hours and 1 hour prior to surgery
Length of follow‐up:
Planned: not reported
Actual: 6 weeks
Outcomes Primary outcome: IOP
Secondary outcomes: not reported
Adverse events reported: no
Intervals at which outcomes assessed: 1.5 hours; 1 day; 1, 6 weeks
Notes Trial registration: not reported
Funding sources: not reported
Disclosures of interest: not reported
Study period: not reported
Reported subgroup analyses: no
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Sequence generation not described.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Allocation concealment not reported.
Masking of participants and personnel (performance bias) Unclear risk No information on masking of participants and personnel reported.
Masking of outcome assessment (detection bias) Unclear risk No information on efforts to mask the outcome assessors reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear whether there were any missing data or how they were handled.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Unclear whether there was selective outcome reporting.
Other bias Unclear risk Funding sources not reported; unclear whether the participant or the eye were analyzed.