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

Edmonson 1988.

Methods Randomised Phase II trial
1980 to 1985
Participants 91 women with advanced cervical carcinoma
Interventions Arm 1: bleomycin 20 U/m2 iv 3‐d infusion, cisplatin 60 mg/m2 d1 iv, doxorubicin 40 mg/m2 iv D1, cyclophosphamide 400 mg/m2 iv d1 q28
Arm 2: bleomycin 20 U/m2 iv 3‐d infusion, cisplatin 60 mg/m2 d1 iv q21
Bleomycin omitted after 4 cycles in both arms
Outcomes Response rates
OS
Notes 1 patient excluded as ineligible owing to second primary cancer. No ITT analysis
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Dynamic allocation system
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 Low risk No missing outcome data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Published report included all pre‐specified outcomes
Other bias Low risk No hint at any other possible biases