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. 2019 Jan 4;2019(1):CD007834. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007834.pub3

Deng 2016.

Methods Randomised, placebo‐controlled trial
Participants 32 people with RLS, renal disease on dialysis at least 1 year, with serum ferritin < 200 ng/mL and transferrin saturation < 20%. Age > 18 was not specified as an inclusion criteria, but mean age was 63.9 (standard deviation 6.5) years
Interventions Intervention: Iron sucrose, given as a 50 mL injection (containing 100 mg iron sucrose) three times per week for a total of 10 doses
Placebo: sodium chloride, given as the same volume and with the same schedule
Outcomes IRLS, serum iron measurements
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Study was randomised in pairs but method of sequence generation not specified
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No mention of allocation concealment; study unblinded
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Unblinded study
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing outcome data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No mention of study protocol registration
Other bias Low risk Unclear if participants were allowed to use other RLS medications during the study and whether such use was balanced between groups; note made that dialysis prescription had to remain unchanged