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. 2012 Oct 17;2012(10):CD006469. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006469.pub2

Bond 1976.

Methods Randomised Phase II trial
Participants Number of participants not stated in the paper. Number included in the analysis was 41. Women with histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. Most had previously received radical radiotherapy followed by recurrence of local disease, distant metastases or both
Interventions Arm 1: doxorubicin 50 mg iv, vincristine 2 mg iv, methotrexate 50 mg iv all d1 q28
Arm 2: doxorubicin 50 mg iv, vincristine 2 mg iv, methotrexate 50 mg iv, bleomycin 15 mg iv all d1 q28
Outcomes Toxicity
Response rates
Median survival
Notes Standard doses of drugs given regardless of height, weight or surface area in order to avoid risk of incorrect dose calculation when treatment administered by junior staff. No ITT analysis
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not documented
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not documented
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not documented but OS unlikely to be affected by blinding
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Number of participants not stated in the paper. Number included in the analysis was 41
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Total number of trial participants not stated only those evaluable
Other bias Unclear risk No comparison of patient characteristics between the 2 groups given