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. 2019 Jan 18;2019(1):CD011825. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011825.pub2

Beigelman 2015.

Methods Design: randomised, placebo‐controlled, parallel‐group trial
Participants Number assigned: 40 children (macrolide n = 20, placebo n = 20)
Age in years (mean ± SD): 3.8 ± 2.9
Setting: secondary care
Interventions Indication: respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis
Type of macrolide: azithromycin
Route: per oral
Dose per day: 10 mg/kg once daily for 7 days, followed by 5 mg/kg once daily for an additional 7 days
Duration of treatment: 14 days
Total treatment dose: N/A
Outcomes Adverse events stated as an outcome in trial registration/protocol/paper: yes
Adverse events ascertainment: contacting participants' families 3 times a week during the treatment period
Adverse events: data reported
Antimicrobial resistance: not reported
Death: not reported
Funding sources Study supported by Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the Children’s Discovery Institute of Washington University and St Louis Children’s Hospital. Supported in part by CTSA grant and Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center and NCI Cancer Center support grant
Notes Concomitant medication: yes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated randomisation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Central allocation
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Identical‐appearing placebo
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Blinding of all participants, their families, investigators, and study staff
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 1 child lost to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Adverse events stated as an outcome, standardised ascertainment and adverse events reported.
Other bias Low risk None were identified.