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. 2016 Sep 12;2016(9):CD011567. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011567.pub2

Krueger 1999.

Methods Study design: Randomised controlled trial
Participants Diagnosis: DSM ‐ III ‐ R panic disorder with or without agoraphobia
Method of diagnosis: SCID Axis I, Roche edition
Age: for moclobemide, M = 35.0 (SD = 8.9); for clomipramine, M = 36.0 (SD = 9.5)
Sex: for moclobemide, 41.8% males, 58.2 females; for clomipramine 39.7% males, 60.3% females
Location: Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands; setting unclear
Co‐morbidities: none, except of generalised anxiety disorders and social phobia of less than moderate severity
Rescue medication: chloral hydrate as an occasional night time hypnotic
Interventions Participants were randomly assigned to either:
(1) moclobemide arm (n = 67)
Duration: 8 weeks
Treatment Protocol: fixed‐flexible dosage, range = 300 ‐ 600 mg, M and SD not provided
(2) clomipramine arm (n = 68)
Duration: 8 weeks
Treatment Protocol: fixed‐flexible dosage, range = 100 ‐ 200 mg, M and SD not provided
Outcomes Time points for assessment: week 1, 2, 4, and 8
Outcomes:
1. number of panic attacks
2. Patients' Clinical Global Impression of Change (P‐CGI‐C)
3. Investigators' rating of Clinical Global Impression of the Severity of the patients' panic disorder (I‐CGI‐S)
4. Patients' rating of Clinical Global Impression of Severity (P‐CGI‐S)
6. Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS)
7. Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAMA)
8. Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
Notes Date of study: Not stated
Funding source: Hoffmann ‐ La Roche
Declarations of interest among the primary researchers: Not stated.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "randomized".
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information provided.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Quote: "double‐blind". No further details.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Quote: "double‐blind". No further details.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Quote: "it was estimated that the ITT population with two‐sided significance level of 0.05 and a power of at least 0.8 had to be at least 66 patients in each treatment group"; "the ITT population comprised 135 patients who had received treatment and at least one assessment after baseline".
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk All outcomes were reported.
Other bias High risk Sponsored by Hoffmann‐La Roche; the role of the funder in planning, conducting and writing the study is not discussed.